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CEREMONIES 

In    Augusta,    Georgia, 

Laying  the  Corner  Stone 


OF   THE 


Confederate  Monument  : 

WITH   ORATION 

BY   GEN.   CLEMENT  A.   EVANS, 
April    26,    1875, 

AND     THE 

Unveiling  and  Dedication 

OF  THE   MONUMENT, 

WITH     ORATION 

BY    COL.   CHARLES   C.    JONES,  Jr., 
Octos-r  3d,  1878. 


This  Monument  was  Erected  by 
The  La  '  Memorial  Association  of   At —  st> 


"Their  glory  shall  not  be  forgot 
While  Fame  her  record  keeps, 
Or  Honor  points  the  hallowed  spot 
Where  valor  proudly  sleeps." 


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Chronicle  and  Constitutionalist  Job  Printing  Establishment. 

1878. 


CEREMONIES 

In    Augusta,    Georgia, 

Laying  the  Corner  Stone 


OF    THE 


Confederate  Monument 

WITH    ORATION 

BY   GEN.    CLEMENT  A.    EVANS, 
April    26,    1875, 

AND     THE 

Unveiling  and  Dedication 

OF  THE   MONUMENT, 

WITH     ORATION 

BY    COL.   CHARLES  C.   JONES,  Jr., 
October    31,    1878. 


This  Monument  was  Erected  by 
The  Ladies'  Memorial  Association  of  Augusta. 


"Their  glory  shall  not  be  forgot 
While  Fame  her  record  keeps, 
Or  Honor  points  the  hallowed  spot 
Where  valor  proudly  sleeps." 


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Chkosicle  and  Constitutionalist  Job  Peinting  Establishment, 

18  78. 


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CEREMONIES. 


[From  Constitutionalist,  April  15, 1ST5.] 

THE  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT THE  LADIES  LAY  THE  FIRST  BRICKS  OF 

THE  FOUNDATION. 

Yesterday  Mr.  John  M.  Parker,  the  contractor,  commenced  the  work  of  lay- 
ing the  foundation  for  the  proposed  Confederate  Monument,  on  Broad  street, 
midway  between  Jackson  and  Mcintosh  streets. 

The  first  bricks  of  the  foundation  were  laid  by  the  officers  x>f  the  Ladies' 
Memorial  Association.  About  half-past  tlm-e  o'clock  the  ladies  mfl  at  the  site  of 
the  proposed  monument,  and  going  down  into  the  excavation  made  for  the  foun- 
dation—where the  ground  was  prepared,  with  brick  and  mortar  at  hand— look  off 
their  gloves  and  prepared  themselves  for  work. 

Mrs.  M.  E.  Walton,  President  of  the  Memorial  Association,  was.  the  first  to  go 
to  work,  and  taking  the  trowel  in  hand  dipped  the  mortar  and  properly  spreading 
it,  in  the  northeast  corner,  placed  the  first  brick  of  the  foundation  of  the  monument 
in  position.  Mrs.  John  T.  Miller,  then  with  ungloved  hands  takes  up  a  brick  with 
one  and  then  with  the  other  spreads  the  mortar  and  places  the  brick  in  its  proper 
position.  The  following  ladies— officers  of  the  Association,  then  each  in  turn 
laid  the  bricks  on  a  line  with  those  first  laid— Mrs.  A.  G.  Whitehead,  Mrs.  Ed- 
ward F.  Campbell,  Mrs.  DeS.Ford,  Mrs.  M.  B.  Moore,  and  Mrs  Jolin  M.  Clark, 
who  laid  the  last  brick.  It  was  indeed  a  novel  sight  to  the  lai  ge  n  imber  of  spec- 
tators to  see  the  ladies,  with  delicate,  ungloved  hands,  laying  brick  and  handling  the 
trowel,  but  it  was  a  holy  duty  they  performed — one  most  appropriate  to  the  occa- 
sion and  the  object— that  of  rearing  a  shaft  of  marble  in  memory  of  the  brave 
men  who  fought  and  died  lor  a  cause  they  considered  just. 

In  after  years,  these  ladies  and  their  posterity  will  look  with  pride  upon  the 
efforts  they  have  unselfishly  made  to  erect  a  monument  to  the  biave  Confederate 
soldiers,  but  their  greatest  pride  will  be  in  knowing  that  they  luid  the  first  brick  of 
the  foundation 

Mr.  John  M.  Parker,  the  contractor,  expects  to  have  the  foundation  ready  by 
Monday,  in  time  for  the  construction  of  the  platform  around  it,  preparatory  to 
laying  the  corner  stone  on  Memorial  Pay. 


LAYING  OF  CORNER  STONE MEMORIAL  DAY. 

The  following  Programme  of  Ceremonies  was  observed  on  the  occasion  of 
the  laying  of  the  Corner  Stone  of  the  Confederate  Monument  on  April  2lith,  1875 
(Memorial  Day;: 

PHAYEK—  Bv  Rev.  Dr.  Irvine. 

MUSIC— By  U.  S.  Band. 

MASONIC   CEREMONIES. 

ORATION— By  Gen.  Clement  A.  Evans. 
MUSIC — By  Cornet  Band  of  Bremond  Speciality  Combination. 
PRAYER— By  Rev.  Mr.  Wharton. 
BENEDICTION— By  Rev.  Mr.  Sweeny. 

The  seats  on  the  Platform  was  occupied  by  Disabled  Ex-Confederate  Sol- 
diers, Marshal  and  Assistants,  Officers  of  the  Different  Organizations  in  the  Pro- 


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ceBeion,  Orator  of  the  Day  and  Escort  of  Officers.  Masonic  Frateniitv,  Mayor, 
City  Council  and  Clerk  of  Council,  Representatives  in  Legislature  from  Richmond 
County,  Clergy,  Judges  and  Officials  of  City  and  County  Courts,  Members  of  City 
Press,  Committees  and  Special  Aids  of  Ladies'  Memorial  Association. 

J.  V.  H.  Allen,  Marshal  of  the  Day. 

[ConBtitntlouolist  April  27,   1S75.] 

MEMORIAL     DAY AUGUSTA'S    TRIBUTE    TO    HER    PATRIOT     DEAD THE 

I.ARGEST     PROCESSION     EVER    SEEN    IN    THE    CITY THE    BAND  OF 

THE     I8TH  U.    S.    INFANTRY    IN   LINE THE    LINE    OF    MARCH    AND 

WHO    WERE  IN  IT LAYING    THE     CORNER    STONE    OF    THE    MONU- 
MENT  ELOQUENT    SPEECH  OF  GEN.    C.  A.   EVANS,    AND    PRAYER  OF 

DR.   IRVINE DECORATING   THE  GRAVES. 

"Glory  Guards  with  Solemn  Round, 
The  Bivouac  of  the  Dead." 

Yesterday  was  a  day  of  double  interest  in  Augusta — the  laying  of  the  Corner 
Stone  of  the  Confederate  Monument,  and  the  decoration  of  the  graves  of  the 
dead.  Never,  in  the  history  of  the  city,  was  such  avast  concourse  of  people 
seen  gathered  together,  whilst  the  procession  and  the  music  eclipsed  anything  ever 
witnessed  in  Georgia  since  the  dawn  of  civilization  upon  its  soil !  It  was  a  tribute 
of  the  living  to  the  dead,  a  tear  dropped  upon  the  grave  of  the  patriot  who  fell  in 
defense  of  his  principles,  his  country,  and  of  liberty. 

Ten  years  have  elapsed  since  the  sound  of  the  last  gun  and  the  last  bugle 
l  ote,  fired  from  the  ranks  or  rallying  squadrons  to  victory,  died  along  the  wave 
and  along  the  shore,  yet  the  memories  of  those  who  yielded  up  their  lives  in  the 
Lost  Cause  are  as  fresh  and  green  as  if  it  was  only  yesterday  they  met  their  foe- 
men. 

IN    THE   MORNING. 

It  only  required  a  walk  along  any  street  in  the  city,  from  K  to  noon,  to  see 
that  elaborate  preparations  were  making  for  some  grand  event.  Persons  were 
here  and  there  me:  with  faces  only  familiar  whilst  they  were  decked  in  the  uni- 
form of  their  organizations.  The  weather  was  fine,  a  few  white  clouds  aloft, 
friendly,  in  that  they  shut  off  the  sun  and  kept  earth's  atmosphere  pleasant. 

FORMING   THE  PROCESSION. 

At  two  o'clock,  the  various  civic  and  military  organizations  invited  to  take 
part  in  the  ceremony,  began  to  arrive  on  Greene  street,  and  :'s  each  debouched,  it 
was  assigned  position  into  line  by  Marshal  J.  V.  H.  Allen,  through  his  aids.  Not 
the  least  confusion  was  perceptible,  but  everything  moved  with  the  precision  of 
veterans  on  parade.  The  right  of  the  line  rested  upon  the  Bell  Tower,  and  ex- 
tended down  Greene  street  to  a  great  length. 

When  the  hour  of  3:30  o'clock  arrived,  Marshal  Allen  gave  the  order  to  for- 
ward, which  was  repeated  in  the  clear  ringing  voice  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  Bar- 
rett, in  command  of  the  volunteer  battalion.  The  following  was  the  order  of  the 
procession : 

First  Division— Richmond  Hussars ;  United  States  Post  Band  ;  Autrusta  In- 
dependent Volunteer  Battalion;  Police  force  of  Augusta;  Deutscher  Schuetzen 
Club. 

Second  Divisi  >n —  Different  Societies  of  the  city  and  county — National, 
Benevolent  and  Re. igioi.s;  the  Cornet  Band  of  the  Bremond  Specialty  t  ombina- 
tion;  Augusta  Fin  Department  and  Independent  Fire  Companies  of  Augusta. 

Third  Division —So: diers  of  the  late  Confederate  armies;  The  Survivors' As- 
sociation; Citizens  generally;  Medical  Faculty  and  Society;  Judges  and  officials 
of  City  and  County  Courts  ;  Clergy  of  city  and  county ;  tie  Masonic  Fraternity. 

Fourth  Division — Representatives  from  Richmond  county  in  the  General  As- 
sembly ;  Mayor,  City  Council  and  Clerk  of  Council  ;  Orator  of  the  Day,  escorted 
by  committee  of  e>:-Confederate  officers ;  Officers  of  the  Ladies'  Memorial  Asso- 
ciation, and  ladies  generally. 

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First  Division— On  the  northeast  corner  of  Greene  and  Jackson  streets,  'o 
Colonel  Wilson. 

Second  Division — On  the  north  side  of  Greene,  midway  between  Mclntoe  i 
and  Jackson  streets,  to  Captain  Eve. 

Third  Division— On  the  .south  side  of  Greene  street,  in  front  of  the  Augusta 
Free  School,  to  l  olonel  Suead. 

Fourth  Division — O.i  the  south  side  of  Greene  street,  in  front  of  the  Baptist 
Church,  10  Major  Craig. 

E0UTE   OF  THE  PROCESSION. 

It  moved  up  Greene  to  Cuuiming,  through  Cumming  to  Broad,  and  i«wn 
Broad  to  the  front  of  the  Central  Hotel,  where  it  halted  for  the  purpose  of  ■  n'ii'g 
the  corner  stone  of  the  Confederate  .Monument,  to  be  raised  there  by  the  La-hc;.' 
Memorial  Association. 

THE   18TII   UNITED   STATES  INFANTBT  BAND. 

One  of  the  most  striking  features  of  the  day  was  the  appearanet  of  ne  splen- 
did band  of  the  18th  United  States  Infantry,  in  full  regulitiorj  uniforn  number. 
ing  eighteen  pieces,  and  led  by  Professor  Joseph  Bnrcher.  The  ba  i  arrived 
yesterday  morning  from  Columbia  and  were  quartered  at  the  Augusta  K  >te;.  L>n 
the  route  it  played  Radeztky  Quickstep,  Louise  March,  Not  for  Joe  Quii.KStcp, 
and  upon  the  stand  Romanza,  by  Mozart.  It  was  as  novel  as  it  was  beautiful  to 
see  a  portion  of  the  regular  army  paying  tribute  to  the  dead  of  armies  they  hail 
fought.  It  was  but  another  token  of  that  era  of  sincere  peace  ^md  friendship 
upon  which  the  whole  country  is  now  rapidly  entering,  when  the  animosities  en- 
gendered by  the  strife  are  to  be  indeed  forgotten,  and  the  he  oism,  devotion  and 
patriotism  of  all  only  remembered. 

THE   BREMOND  BAND. 

Midway  of  the  procession  marched  the  fiue  band  of  the  Bremond  Specialty 
Troupe,  regaling  the  occasion  with  excellent  music.  En  route  they  played  the 
Montana  Quickstep,  and  various  other  selections,  and  on  tae  stand  tie  American 
Eagle  Quickstep.  The  troupe  waived  their  right  to  the  theatre  to-night,  and 
joined  heart  and  soul  wi;h  oir  citizens  in  the  ceremonies  of  the  day. 

THE     VOLUNTEER  BATTALION. 

The  Augusta  Volunteer  Battalion  mustered  199  men,  rank  and  file,  who  ap- 
peared in  their  gayest  uniforms,  their  brightest  armor,  anc'  en  route  marched  with 
automatic  precision.  Never  since  their  organization  did  he  companies  present  a 
more  martial  appearance  or  a  larger  number  of  men  in  ranks.  Many  of  the  men 
had  followed  the  flag  ot  the  Confederacy  through  fire  and  blcod,  from  Manasses 
to  Appomattox,  from  Shiloh  to  Greeueslioro,  and  therefore,  felt  most  truly  the 
force  of  tiie  occasion,  the  tribute,  and  the  decoration  of  the  graves  of  their  fallen 
comrades. 

MECHANIC     FIKE   COMPANY. 

The  only  fire  company  which  turned  out  as  a  body  was  the  Mechanic,  which 
was  on  hand  in  full  uniform,  mustering  35  men,  and  with  their  reel  gaily 
festooned  with  flowers.  Other  companies  would  have  turned  out,  but  their  ranks 
were  too  much  thinned  by  the  members  belonging  to  other  organizations. 

THE   SCHUETZEN    CLUB. 

Not  the  least  attractive  feature  was  the  Schuetzen  Club,  composed  of  our 
worthy  German  citizens.  They  turned  out  77  men  in  full  uuiform  of  grey  jackets, 
black  pants,  and  felt  hats  trimmed  with  green  plumes. 

THE   POLICE  FORCE. 

Nor  did  the  Augusta  Pclice  Force,  in  full  and  beautiful  grey  uniform,  com- 
manded by  Lieutenant  Prather,  at  all  fall  behind  other  organizations  in  line,  in  ap- 
pearance or  in  martial  bearing.    They  were  armed  with  muskets,  with  fixed  bayo 
nets,  and  were  upon  every  hand  complimented. 


6  CONFEDERATE  MONJJMENT 

THE   SURVIVORS. 

This  organization  appeared  on  horse  hack,  under  command  of  Captain  George 
W.  Conway,  and  in  citizens'  dress,  unless  we  count  the  scars,  the  crutches  and  the 
empty  sleeves  many  of  them  wore  as  evidences  of  baptisms  of  fire. 

SOCIETE   FRANCAIS   DE   BIENF  .USANCE. 

The  French  Benevolent  Society,  under  the  leadership  of  Vice-President 
Rival,  and  numbering  14  members,  was  in  line. 

THE   ORATOR   OF  THE   DAT. 

General  C.  A.  Evans  was  assigned  the  finest  carriage  in  the  city,  drawn  by 
four  splendid  and  richly  caparisoned  and  plumed  horsea 

'       THE   LADIES'  MEMORIAL   ASSOCIATION'. 

The  officers  of  the  Ladies'  Memorial  Association,  headed  by  Mrs.  M.  E. 
Walton,  their  President,  were  seated  in  carriages  in  the  procession.  When  it 
arrived  at  the  Monument,  Mrs.  Walton,  with  several  of  her  officers,  .took  a  position 
upon  the  front  verandah  of  the  residence  of  Mrs.  Tubman,  where  they,  no  doubt, 
looked  upon  the  vast  panorama  before  them  -with  joyf  i!  hearts.  They  there  saw  a 
satisfactory  progression  of  their  labor  and  their  toil,  and  saw  too,  ten  thousand 
people  who,  with  one  voice,  bicssed  their  woi,.,  id.     If  the  Con- 

federates who  have  passed  from  earth  to  eternity  wire  permitted  to  look  down 
upon  Augusta  yesterday,  to  hear  the  cannon  roar,  the  martial  music,  and  the  sweet 
anthems  of  the  choir,  as  they  swelled  through  the  air,  they  no  doubt  blessed  Mrs. 
Walton  and  her  noble  band  of  co-lab  urers  tor  thus  doing  honor  to  them.  Is  it  not 
a  glorious  death  to  be  thus  remembered,  thus  embalmed  in  the  hearts  of  all  that  is 
beautiful,  virtuous,  noble,  true  and  Christian  ? 

NOTES  OF  THE   PROCESSION. 

Judge  Wm.  Gibson,  Colonel  of  the  48th  Georgia,  wore  the  coat  in  which  he 
fell  r:  the  head  of  his  regiment  at  Gettysburg.  N.  K.  Butler  also  appeared  in  his 
old  Confederate  uniform.  So  did  private  Mo  ran.  who  not  only  charged  in  the 
Light  Brigade  at  Balaklava,  but  saw  service  in  tin  army  of  the  Confederacy. 

TnE  SALTTE. 

Whilst  the  procession  was  moving,  a  salute  of  thirteen  guns  was  fired  by  Cap- 
tain E.  E.  Pritchard  and  Lieutenants  Robert  Wallace  and  Richard  Summerall. 
Surmounting  the  gun,  waved  the  battle  flag  of  the  Washington  Artillery,  around 
which  that  company  had  rallied  on  the  bloody  plains  of  Shiloh  and  conquered  the 
flower  of  the  Western  army  under  Grant,  fresh  from  their  victory  at  Fort  Donald- 
son. The  writ  ;r  re  nembers  as  vividly  as  if  it  was  yesterday  the  roar  of  the  guns 
of  that  comp  :y.  as  they  sent  death  into  the  rank's  of  the  enemy  who  stood  in 
front.  It  was  the  only  artillery  company  present  from  Georgia  on  that  bloody 
day,  and  nobly  did  it  illustrate  the  State  which  sent  it  to  the  field. 

THE    SPECTACLE. 

The  spectacle  presented  on  Broad  street  near  the  Monument  defies  description. 
The  street  was  packed  and  jammed,  whilst  every  window  and  housetop,  from 
pavement  to  roof,  contained  as  many  as  it  could  hold.  It  was  not  only  a  sea  of 
upturned  faces,  but  a  wall  of  faces  on  either  si  le.  Youth  and  age,  male  and 
female,  the  child  and  the  old,  in  a  word,  the  population  of  Augusta,  and  the  sur- 
rounding country  were  there. 

AT    ME   MONTXEN'T 

When  the  procession  arrived  at  the  Monument,  or  rather  the  foundation  of  it. 
Colonel  Barrett  marched  the  Volunteer  Battalion  to  the  east  front,  and  laced  it  by 
column  closed  n  mass,  where  it  stacked  arms  and  broke  ranks.  The  other  organi- 
zations halted  on  the  south  front  I  in  position  until  after  tin:  ceremony. 

On  "the  stand  where  the  Grand  Officers  of  the  Masonic  Fraternity,  the  Mar- 
shal of  the  Day,  the  clergy,  the  bands,  the  choir  lead  by  George  U.  Robinson,  who 
had  a  fine  organ  which  he  played  in  person  dm  - .  and  a  large  list  of 

distinguished  citizens  of  this  and  other  places.  When  all  was  ready,  the  gavel 
was  rapped  three  times  for  order,  when  the  Rev.  Dr.  Irvine  offered  the  first 
prayer.     In  his  preface  he  referred  to  the  altar  erected  by  Moses  to  commemorate 


ATiGUSTA,  GEORGIA.  7 

the  conquest  of  the  Ama'ekites  in  the  wilderness.  To  the  twelve  stones  from  the  bed 
of  the  Jordan,  pitched  by  Joshua  on  the  plains  of  Gilgal,  and  to  the  altar  erected 
by  Gideon  to  commemorate  the  conquest  bv  bis  three  hundred  warriors,  "faint, 
yet  pursninL',"  who-vsugnished  the  185,000  Midionites  at  the  hill  of  Moreh.  He 
then  invoked  the  Divine  Blessing  on  the  founders  of  this  pillar. 

On  the  widows  and  orphans,  fathers  and  brothers  and  sisters  of  the  brave 
men,  whose  valour  this  pillar  is  designed  to  commemorate. 

On  the  city  of  Augusta  in  all  its  interests,  civil,  nutnicinal,  commercial,  educa- 
tional and  ecclesiastical,  in  which  the  .Monument  is  to  stand. 

On  the  Supreme  Magistrate  of  the  United  States,  and  all  the  Governors  of  the 
sundry  States,  of  which  this  great  Republic  is  composed. 

And  concluded  by  praying  that  Jehovah  Shalom  may  be  the  covenanl  God  of 
the  nation,  and  that  "the  land  may  soon  become  Immanual's  Land;  closing  his 
extensive  and  fervent  supplications  with  the  Lord's  prayer.  After  which,  the 
choir  sang  au  anthem,  commencing — 

When  Earth's  foundation  first  was  laid 

By  the  Almighty  Artist's  hand, 
'Twas  then  our  perfect  laws  were  made, 
Established  by  His  strict  command. 

Hail  mysterious,  hail  glorious  Masonry, 
That  makes  us  ever  great  and  free ! 
At  the  conclusion  of  which  the  United  States  band  played  Mozart's  "Romanza." 

LAYING  THE  CORNER  STONE. 

The  corner  stone  was  then  lowered  slowly  to  its  resting  place,  placed  in  posi- 
tion, measured  and  dedicated  by  pouring  wheat,  wine  and  oil  upon  it  by  Grand 
Master  C.  F.  Lewis,  assisted  by  the  grand  dignitaries  aud  members  of  the  Masonic 
Order.  We  deem  it  unnecessary  to  copy  all  the  words  spoken,  as  the  service  is 
too  well  known  to  many  of  <-ur  readers  to  be  interesting  here. 

The  following  Grand  Lodge  Officers  were  present:  C.  F.  L^wis,  Acting  Grand 
Master;  S.  D.  Heard,  D;put;>  Grand  Master:  John  S.  Davidson,  Senior  Grand 
Warden;  John  D.  Butt.  Junior  Grand  Warden:  Dr.  F.  J.  Moses,  Grand  Tieasu- 
rer ;  W.  EL  Crane,  Grand  secretary  ;  S.  F.  Webb,  Senior  Deacon ;  H.  Brandt, 
Junior  Deacon  ;  Rev.  C.  |W.  v  v.  Grand  Chaplain  and  Bearer  of  Sacred  Writings; 
W.  H.  Ricu,  H.  T.  Doniph;  n,"  Grand  Tylers;  Wm.  Muller,  Dr.  C.  H.  Greene, 
Grand  Stewards;  Beare:s  of  Elements — Dr.  I.  P.  Garvin,  corn;  B.  B.  Russell,  oil; 
T.  J.  Stafford,  wine:  Light  3earers— S.  H.  Shepard,  Jobr  T.  Miller  and  H.  Ed- 
mondston;  Geo.  O.  Robinson,  Organist.  The  Choir  was  made  up  of  different 
choirs. 

Judge  W.  T.  Gould  was  first  appointed  by  the  Grand  Master  to  act  for  him, 
but  at  the  last  momeut  was  prevented  by  illness  from  officiating. 

THE   C  'STENTS  OF  THE  CORNER   STONE. 

Senior  Grand  Warden  Joan  S.  Davidson  read  the  following  list  of  articles  and 
mementoes  placed  in  the  stone ; 

Religious— Holy  writing-;  St.  Paul's  Church,  established  ii.  1750;  St.  John's 
M.  E.  Church,  established  1797;  First  Presbyterian  Chrrch,  established  1808; 
First  Baptist  Church,  established  1818;  Christian  Chirch,  established  1845; 
Church  of  the  Atonement,  established  1851:  Congregatior.  CHIdren  of  Israel,  es- 
tablished 1854;  St.  James  M.  E.  Church,  established  1855  ;  Asbury  M.  E.  Church, 
established  1857  ;  German  Lutheran  Church,  established  1859 ;  Second  Baptist 
Church,  established  1859:  Church  of  the  Good  Shepherd,  established  18G9  ;  Church 
of  the  Sacred  Heart,  established  1875;  St.  Luke's  Mission,  established  1875. 

Officers  of  County  arid  City — Roll  of  county  officers  ;  roll  of  city  officers. 

Societies — Hebrew  Benevolent  Society;  Deutseher  Schuetzen  Club,  established 
1873  ;  Officers  Ladies'  Memorial  Association :  Officers  and  Members  of  French 
Benevolent  Society,  establish  d  1873 ;  Roll  of  Washington  Lodge,  No  7,  I.  O.  O.  F., 
established  1844 ;  'Roll  of  Miller  Lodge,  No.  10,  I.  O.  O.  F.,  ;  Roll  of  Augutta 
Ei  impment;  No.  5,  I.  O.  O.  F..  established  1845;  Roll  of  Good  Templars ;  Roll 
of  St.  Andrew's  Society,  organized  1826 ;  Roll  of  Obadiah  Lodge,  No.  119,  1.  O. 
B.  B.,  organized  1807;  Rolf  of  Catholic  Young  Men's  Society;  Roll  of  Vig'lant 
Lodge,  K.  of  P.,  No.  2 ;  Roll  of  the  Hiberniau  Benevolent  Society,  organized  in 
1807 ;  Georgia  Society  for  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Animals,  organized  in  1873 ; 
Officers  of  Widows'  Home,  organized  in  1868. 


8  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT 

Educational— Roll  of  Medical  College  of  Georgia,  1832:  Roll  of  Richmond 
Academy,  1783;  Report  of  Commissioner  of  Pablic  Schools,  Richmond  county; 
Report  of  Commissioner  of  State  Schools  for  1875;  Catalogue  of  Sigma  Alpha 
Epsilon  Society ;  Managers  Augusta  Free  School;  Roll  of  B.  Neely's  School ; 
Roll  of  J.  A.  Pelot's  School;  Roll  of  Houghton  Institute.  1852. 

Miscellaneous — Roll  of  Augusta  Fire  Department  and  independent  companies; 
roll  of  Southern  Express  Company;  Confederate  postage  stamps,  bonds  and  hills,  try 
numerous  parties;  small  confederate  flag,  by  Mrs.  I.  P.  Garvin;  issue  of  the 
Chronicle  and  Sentinel,  April  35th,  18,75  ;  issue  of  Constitutionalist,  April  25th, 
1875;  various  coins,  thirty-seven  in  all,  by  R.  W.  Potter;  French  coin,  1748,  by 
Dr  J.  S.  Coleman,  found  in  front  of  Corn wallis  cave.  Yorktown,  Virginia;  coins 
from  various  parties;  Egytian  gold  coin,  contributed  by  General  Janifer,  of 
Egyptian  army :  £10  South  Carolina  Continental  money,  by  -Mrs.  Moore.  Revo- 
lutionary money  by  Mrs.  Burt  <  >.  Miller:  silver  coin  1724,  by  Amos  Clark; 
proprietors  and  employees  of  Constilutienalisi  Publishing  Company,  ls75 

Military — Confederate  dead  I  mm  the  Monument  of  St.  James  Church;  Mus- 
ter Roll  of  Montgomery  Guards,  Co.  K,  20ih  Georgia  Regiment,  by  Major  Wm. 
Craig;  Roll  of  Walker  Light  Infantry,  Cos.  D  and  F.  12th  Georgia  Battalion; 
Roll  of  Walker  Light  Infantry,  Co.  f,  1st  Georgia  Regiment;  Boll  of  Co.  A,  7th 
Georgia  Cavalry;  Roll  ot  Clinch  Rules.  Co.  A.  5ti.  Georgia  Regiment;  Roll  of 
Oglethorpe  Infantry,  1861,  Captain  J.  O.  Clark;  Roll  of  Oglethorpe  Artillery, 
1862,  by  G.  W.  Bouchillon  ;  Roll  of  Washington  Artillery;  with  list  of  killed  and 
wounded;  Captain  C.  W.  Hersey's  Company  :  Roll  of  Richmond  Hussars.  Co.  A, 
1861  ;  Roll  of  Schley  Riflemen,  Co.  A,  33d  Georgia  Regiment;  Roll  of  Baker  Vol- 
unteers, Oct.  1st,  1861 ;  Roll  of  Independent  Blues,  Co.  D,  10th Georgia  Regiment; 
Roll  of  Confederate  Light  Guards.  Capt.  E.  J.  Walker;  Roll  of  Richmond 
Hussars,  Co.  B;  Roll  of  Georgia  Light  Guards,  II.  S."  Dortic.  Captain;  surviving 
members  of  Clinch  Riflemen,  organized  is:jtj.  Captain  E.  Starnes ;  Roll  of  Rich- 
mond Hussars,  1875;  Roll  of  Augusta  Volunteer  Battalion,  T.  G.  Barrett,  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel. 

Masonic—  Roll  of  Augusta  Chapter  No.  3,  R.  A.  It,  1796 ;  Roll  of  Social 
Lodge  No.  1,  F.  A.  M.,  1799;  Roll  of  Webb  Lodge  No.  166,  F.  A.  M.,  1819; 
Roll  of  Adouiram  Council  No.  1,  R.  M.  &  S.  M.  of  27,  1823;  Roll  of  Georgia 
Commandery  No.  1,  K.  T.  1823;  Roll  o*  Grand  Consistory,  S.  P.  R.  S.  338 ;  Roll 
of  Harmony  Lodge  No.  07,  F.  A.  M.,  Hamburg,  S.  C;  1840;  Roll  of  Trustees 
Masonic  Hall,  1827;  Roll  of  Present  Trustees  Masonic  Hall,  1875;  Sealed  package 
by  a  Freemasou,  contents  unknown. 

ORATION   OF   GEN.    O.   A.    EVANS. 

Marshal  J.  V.  H.  Allen  then  stepped  forward  and  introduced  the  Orator  of 
the  Day,  the  Rev.  Gen.  C.  A.  Evans,  who  spoke  as  follows : 

Ladies  and  Cattlemen — The  first  decade  since  the  Confederate  cause  expired 
by  the  exhaustion  of  Confederate  strength  is  past.  If  time  and  the  occasion 
suited  such  a  task,  a  profitable  review  might  be  made  of  this  period,  beginning 
with  the  surrender  of  our  armies  by  the  incomparable  Lee,  and  by  the  magnificent 
soldier,  Joseph  E.  Johnston.  Such  a  review  would,  indeed,  awaken  many  pain- 
ful reflections  and  revive  the  memory  of  many  distressing  humiliations  which  we 
have  suffered.  But  as  it  progressed  through  the  ten  painful  years,  to  the  present 
brightening  beginning  of  another  decade,  it  would  also  bring  us  to  the  happy  con- 
clusion that  in  the  mind  of  the  people  of  all  these  United  States  there  is  a  national 
reverence  for  popular  rights,  a  deeply  seated  faith  iu  the  old  maxims  of  our  Govern - 
men  ,  and  withal  a  respect  for  valor  and  virtue  which  are  not  extinguished,  and 
eanrjt  be  much  longer  repressed.  The  long  dispute  between  the  Northern  and 
Southern  sections  as  such,  which  began  in  earnest  fifty  years  ago,  which  had  its 
four  years  reaping  on  fields  of  fraternal  carnage,  and  its  ten  years  aftermatter  of 
crimination,  distrust  and  misrule,  is,  I  fervently  hope,  practically  drawing  to  a 
close.  We  at  least  are  here  to-day  from  all  parts  of  the  Nation — Confederates 
and  Federals— native  and  foreign  born,  with  our  sons  and  daughters,  to  say  with 
united  voice,  "let  sectional  strife  cease!"  We  assemble  at  woman's  call — a  call 
that  men  may  gladly  obey — to  lay  the  corner  stone  of  a  monument  which  the 
Ladies'  Memorial  Association  will  build  in  memory  of  the  Confederate  Cause  and 
the  Confederate  Dead.  Down  beneath  the  surface,  in  the  soil  of  the  State  of 
Georgia  for  which  those  soldiers  bled,  the  same  fair  hands  that  waved  them  to  the 
field  of  battle  have  laid  the  first  seven  solid  bricks  of  that  Memorial  Monument 


AtorSTA.   GEORGIA.  fl 

• 

which  shall  rise  in  srranite  and  marble  to  say  that  thus  the  memory  of  those  heroic 
meu  is  rooted  deeply  in  the  hearts  of  their  survivors. 

It  is  not  man's  privilege,  but  woman's  to  raise  these  memorials  throughout  the 
land.  The  fitness  of  things  commands  as  to  yield  to  her  the  foremost  place  in 
this  pleasing  duty.  Her  smile  encouraged  our  ardent  youth  to  put  on  the  armor 
of  war.  Her  voice  cheered  them  into  the  thick  of  battle.  Her  sympathies  fol- 
lowed them  bke  angels  through  the  dreary  toils  of  camp  and  march  and  seige  : 
her  hands  bound  up  their  wounds,  and  her  tears  fell  upon  their  cold,  pale,  bloody 
corses.  And  before  tin-  smoke  of  battle  had  fairly  cleared  away,  she  stood  up  in 
Georgia,  first  of  all,  aud  said,  "We  will  build  memorials  to  our  fallen  men."  It 
is  her  voice  again  calls  us  together  now.  An  1  the  response  by  this  great  multi- 
tude, composed  of  various  civil  orders  and  societies  and  military  organizations, 
with  citizens  and  matrons,  young  men  and  maidens,  displays  the  depth  and  breadth 
of  that  popular  sentiment  which  is  in  sympathy  with  the  womanly  pathos  which 
prosecutes  the  memorial  enterprise.  I  desire  to  say  something  concerning  this 
public  sentiment.     It  demands  aud  deserves  consideration. 

Augusta  nas  its  various  instiiutions  of  practical  charity.  The  orphan  is  com- 
forted and  eared  for  in  an  ample  asylum.  Home  is  to  be  had  and  enjoyed  by  the 
venerable  and  desolate  widow.  Hospitals  are  open  to  the  sick.  For  every  color 
and  race  benevolence  lias  made  provision.  And  thus  this  good  Samaritan  city 
dispenses  its  alms  in  practical  good-will  to  men.  But  something  is  due  to  that 
sentiment  of  the  people  which  will  not  be  satisfied  with  any  institution  of  charity 
however  public  and  efficient  it  might  be.  There  is  a  popular  sentiment  concerning 
the  Confederate  Cause  which  seeks  expression.  It  must  have  a  language  in  which 
to  make  itself  understood.  A  kindred  feeling,  existing  in  its  crudest  state  even 
among  the  Ked  men  who  once  tented  on  this  spot,  found  a  tongue  ip  the  mounds 
of  rock  and  earth  which  they  built  above  the  graves  of  their  chieftains.  Other 
people  better  cultured  and  skilled  have  raised  the  arch  of  triumph  and  uplifted  the 
monumental  obelisk  in  order  to  utter  the  common  emotion.  At  great  cost  the 
Vendome  Column,  in  Paris — twice  built,  twice  destroyed — spoke  the  feeling  of 
France.  So,  too,  the  Bunker  Hill  Mouument  is  the  voice  of  patrotism  which  the 
recent  Centennial  ceremonies  in  Concord  and  Lexington  have  echoed.  Adjacent 
to  this  spot  another  stately  column  also  rises  that  tells  the  story  of  public  devotion 
to  "the  Declaration  of  Independence  "  and  to  the  men  who  ventured  life  to  be- 
come its  signers.  Lower  down  another  graceful  monument  stands  to  witness  the 
heartfelt  reverence  of  the  p-ople  for  the  valor  that  evoked  its  voice.  Aud  now 
when  this  shaft  shall  ascend  from  its  spacious  plinth  it  will  be  a  lasting  token  of 
the  public  spirit  of  reverence  aud  affection  with  which  the  living  honor  the  brave 
men  who  died  in  their  behalf.  That  sentiment  will  take  form  in  sculptured  and 
lettered  marble  shaft.  It  will  concrete  in  granite  base.  It  will  be  crystallized 
into  visible  and  beautiful  form  through  the  patriotic  work  of  this  Memorial  Asso- 
ciation. Is  not  this  feeling  that  seeks  expression  by  columns,  or  arches,  or  gar- 
lands most  natural?  Is  not  the  sentiment  that  demands  this  monument  most 
noble?  Is  not  the  monument  itself  the  just  due  of  those  who  asked  no  reward 
in  dying  for  their  country  but  to  be  remembered  with  affection  ?  It  was  all  they 
asked — to  be  remembered. 

Shall  we  not  grant  them  that  boon?  Can  we  forget  those  men  ?  Can  we  ever 
dismiss  from  our  minds  the  recollection  of  the  buoyant  and  brave  boys  in  gray 
who  went  gallantly  to  die  for  our  State?  Can  any  monument  other  than  that  invisible 
national  reverence  for  patriotism,  whose  base  spreads  from  ocean  to  ocean,  and 
whose  pinnacle  reaches  the  stars,  that  keep  watch  over  their  honored  graves, 
satisfy  the  claims  which  those  fallen  men  have  upon  us? 

I  have  no  doubt  of  the  public  utility  of  all  these  monuments  which  gentle 
women  are  building  every  where.  It  is  worthy  this  occasion  to  say  that  while  the 
shaft  which  shall  spring  from  this  spot  will  be  the  tongue  of  popular  sentiment  it 
will  also  be  a  conservator  of  the  popular  patriotism.  Such  things  make  men  love 
their  country,  because  they  teach  that  the  country  honors  patriotic  devotion. 
They  will  keep  the  popular  heart  drawn  to  the  origiual  principles  and  policies  of 
this  Government.  For  the}-  are  declarations  of  faith  in  those  early  maxims.  They 
are  not  spears  set.  against  the  common  nation,  but  beacons  to  guide  the  young 
Southern  statesmen  who  shall  hereafter  man  the  ship  of  the  State.  Iu  common 
with  others  of  like  character  which  shall  adorn  every  city  of  the  South,  this  mon- 
ument will  mould  and  preserve  Southern  opinion.  For  the  popular  recollections 
of  the  brave  and  virtuous  which  it  shall  constantly  awaken,  and  the  recalling  of 


*  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT 

• 

the  principles  and  actions  of  those  who  have  borne  noble  parts  in  this  life  are  the 
great  conservators  of  popular  character.  Thus  these  monuments  will  serve  the  high- 
est patriotic  uses  in  their  influences  on  the  opinions  aid  actions  of  the  people,  and 
by  indirection  at  least  will  benefit  not  the  South  alone,  but  the  whole  couniry  also. 
For  I  do  not  hesitate  to  affirm,  in  t lie  presence  ol  this  great  multitude  of  intelligent 
people  that  this  country  cannot  go  to  ruin,  that  ii  cannot  drift  intodespi  tisin,  that 
it  cannot  lose  iis  distinctive  character  as  a  Republic  of  republics  without  the  con- 
sent aud  assistance  of  the  Southern  people.  Ambition  may  aspire  to  single  handed 
rule;  party  may  plot  to  perpetuate  its  power  by  prostration  of  popular  liberty; 
majorities  may  conspire  against  tbe  Constitution,  but  the  foundations  in  which 
free  government  was  laid  in  this  quarter  of  the  world  cannot  be  subverted  until 
the  sentiment,  the  ideas  of  the  States  which  formed  the  Confederacy  are  totally 
changed.  I  mean  no  boast,  I  only  affirm  thai  Southern  ideas  are  still  rooted  in  the 
old  maxims  of  the  first  revolution,  and  they  were  not  surrendered  when  the  Con- 
federate Sag  was  furled  and  Lee  gave  his  sword  to  Grant.  I  am  glad,  indeed,  that 
it  was  not  the  general  opinion  of  th-  Federal  side  in  that  surrender  that  such  opin- 
ions were  overthrown.  If  the  fall  of  the  South  meant  the  surrender  of  its  convic- 
tions, the  recanting  its  faith  in  popular  rule,  the  obliteration  of  State  sovereignty, 
if  this  was  understood  North  and  .-south  as  [he  great  result  of  the  war,  then  it  is 
impossible  to  n  1  the  history  of  the  past  ten  years  of  struggle  over  those 

principles.     It  is  also  impossible  to  understand  the  present  ll   movement 

throughout  the  nation  toward  what  is  better  than  all  reconstruction,  to-wit — the 
recognition,  of  the  honorable  terms  of  the  treaty  of  surrender,  and  recognition  of 
the  just  relation  of  the  Southern  people  to  the  General  Government. 

You  have  noted  the  unsuccessful   surges  of  many  i  that   have  rolled 

against  this  rock  of  sound  unrelinquished  opinion  during  the  decade  just  closed. 
.Measures  designed  to  destroy  the  country  by  washing  away  the  foundations  of 
these  States,  have  broken  in  impotent  billows  about  the  base  of  the  country's  solid 
patriotism,  and  now  in  the  recoil  are  bearing  their  authors  to  ruin.  Fellow-coun- 
trymen, tin-  pintle's  against  the  geueral  welfare  of  this  great  couniry  have  had 
just  power  enough  to  bruise  the  heel  of  the  public  virtue,  but  we  shall  no.  have  to 
wait  another  decade  to  whiles,  with  what  vigor  the  d  popular  patriotism  of 

the  whole  land  shall  rise  in  its  nvh_  lation  and  bruise  their  head.  To  Such  a  hope 
this  monument  will  poiut  us.     It  is  the  voice  of  our  tender  it  conserves 

our  patriotism  ;  it  rallies  our  courage,  and  it  gilds  i  ur  Bky  with  this  hope. 

But  let  us  do  nothing,  follow-citizens,  to  keep  alive  the  passions  of  war.     To 
study  iis   lessons  is  prudence;  to  profit  by  ■  nn;  but  to  stir  up 

the  old  animosities  is  madness.  Thevoiceof  this  monument  will  not  be  for  war, 
but  peace.  You.  yourselves,  would  justly  rebuke  me  to-day  were  I  to  abuse  this 
occasion  by  an  effort  to  arouse  your  resentment.  One  theme  of  two  indissoluble 
thoughts — our  Confederacy,  our  Dead— alone  tills  our  mind,  ami  this  theme  must 
be  dwelt   upon   without    lie  indulgenc  igeful    feelings.     The  monument 

itself  will  say  to  us  that  the  Confi  deracy  has  exp  red.  lis  great  life  went  out  on 
the  purple  tide  of  blood  that  flowed  from  the  hearts  of  its  sons.  It  had  a  brief 
and  brilliant  course.  Ii  stepped  out  ou  the  field  where  history  is  made  in  majesty 
of  biariug  like  a  queen  girded  with  power  and  cinctured  with  grace.  The  States 
panoplied  themselves  in  principle,  and  going  forth  to  battle,  wrested  their  first 
anus  from  an  antagonist  of  live-fa  ir  3tn  agth.      The  uaiions  of  the  world, 

refusing  timely  recognition,  stood  still  to  admire  ihe  splendor  of  their  achieve- 
ments and  the  wonder  of  their  endurance.  Succumbed' at  last  in  exhaustion  of 
all  save  devotion  to  the  original   question   at    issi  fielded  all  except  their 

faith  in  the  true  priueu>Jes  aud  policy  of  the  common  na  ion.  Now.  conceding  to 
all  the  perfect  liberty  W  honest  opinion,  I  say  for  myself  that  1  believe  the  States 
were  right  iu  making  the  original  issue.  It  was  right  to  repel  aggression  by  re- 
sistance. It  was  right  to  set  up  a  -  paral  •  eovi  mini  nt  for  that  purpose.  It  was 
right  to  hold  out  to  the  bitter  end.  Wight!  Kigbt!  from  first  to  las,,  from  begin- 
ning to  end.  I  have  onlj  one  poor  shattered  life,  i  nt  I  hold  that  iu  too  light  es- 
teem to  save  it  by  recanting  my  faith  iu  the  truth  of  our  struggle,  or  by  denying 
my  love  for  the  Confederate  cause.  But  theConfedi  racy  itself  has  expired.  We 
have  buried  it.  We  do  not  intend  to  exhume  its  remains.  We  were  utterly  de- 
feated, and  we  dismiss  our  resen  a  :nia.  Sadly  we  furled  the. dear  old  cross  of 
stars  which  we  followed  through  in  my  storms  of  shot  and  shell,  but  we  take  with 
Ihe  true  hand  of  Southern  honor  the  staff  that  holds  the  dag  of  stars  and  stripes. , 
I  respond  with  truest  feeling  to-day  to  the  fraternal  words  of  General  Bartlett,  of 


AUGUSTA,  GEORGIA.  11 

Massachusetts,  spoken  on  the  10th  of  this  April,  at  the  Centennial  celebration  of 
the  flrsl  battle  oi  the  old  revolution.  Refering  to  the  Southern  soldiers,  he  said  : 
"As  :t 1 1  American,  I  am  proud  of  the  men  who  charged  bo  bravely  with  Pickett's 
Division,  on  our  lini  a  at  Gettysburg,  as  I  am  of  the  men  who  bravely  met  and  re- 
pulsed iheni'  lure.  .Men  cannot  always  choose  the  right  cause,  hut  when,  having 
chosen  thai  which  their  conscience  dictated,  they  are  ready  to  die  for  it,  if  they 
justify  not  their  cause,  they  at  least  ennoble  themselves,  and  the  men  who  for 
conscience  sake  fought  against  their  Government  at  Gettysburg,  ought  easily  to 
be  forgiven  by  the  sons  of  the  men  who  for  couscieuce  sake  fought  against  their 
Government  at  Lexington  and  Bunker  Hill." 

But  let  us  remember,  also,  that  although  the  Confederate  States,  as  a  govern- 
ment, is  no  more,  there  are  many  things  which  have  survived  the  fall  of  the  cause. 
We  have  yet  "The  Land  we  Love."     The  South  is  still  our  own. 

'Tis  the  shrine  of  the  sun. 

'Tis  the  home  of  the  heart. 
No  sky  like  its  own 

Can  deep  passion  impart 

The  Swiss  may  sing  his  patriotic  carol  to  his  lofty  hills,  and  the  German  tell 
with  pride  the  glory  of  his  Fatherland ;  Ireland,  in  emerald  beauty,  may  still 
entrance  the  imagination  of  its  warm-hearted  sons:  but  for  me  there  is  no  land  like 
this.  No  clime  so  rare,  no  place  so  dear.  I  think  that  we  have  not  yet  learned  to 
appreciate  our  South.  It  has  been  thus  far  almost  a  hidden  laud.  Our  own  eyes 
have  not  yet  beheld  its  greater  glory,  and  strangers  have  been  slow  to  recognize 
its  worth.  But  there  is  a  waking  in  the  world  to  the  charms  of  this  chosen  realm 
that  is  already  moving  explorers  to  traverse  its  scope  even  to  the  lower  verge  of 
our  sister  Floral  State.  No  prophet  need  arise  to  tell  us  that  thisfeentral  part  of 
the  Western  world,  that  stands  related  by  climate  and  position  to  the  gi 
modern  progress,  as  ancient  Egypt  and  old  Phreuicia  stood  to  the  former  times, 
will,  ere  long,  take  rich  tribute  iu  people,  wealth,  culture  and  virtue  from  all  lands. 
There  is  hope  of  greaterand  better  days.  On  a  certain  royalesc  itcheon  is  inscribed 
the  motto:  "I  bide  my  time.'  We  have  hat  to  be  true,  and  work,  and  waii.  Our 
South  is  no  Niobe  of  nations,  as  the  brilliant  poet  wrote  of  one  subjugated  people. 
She  will  not  weep  in  unsolaced  grief  over  her  children's  graves,  nor  yield 
to  the  apathy  of  dispair  because  of  her  defeat ;  but  rising,  like  the  sun  from  the 
tomb  of  night,  will  ascend  the  steep  of  progress,  knowledge  and  virtue.  But  I 
cannot  dismiss  your  attention  yet,  nor  complete  my  part  of  this  memorable  cere- 
mony until  1  have  said  another  word.  This  day  and  this  scene  recall  uoi  only  the 
Confederate  cause,  but  most  vividly  our  "Confederate  dead."  We  are  reminded 
of  the  brave   and  courtly  cavaliers   who  bled  in  our  behalf.     Yet  \.  u 

neither  to  rejoice  nor  to  vainly  mourn.    We  breathe  no  vain 

regrets,  and  make  no  empty  vaunts      But  we  unite  together,  whether  from  North 
or  South,  whether  native  born  or  adopt  d  citizen — we  join  in  payiug  the  tribute 
thai  is  due  to  honest  and   chivalrous  patriotism.      This  corner  sti 
the  chrism  of  our  united  blessing.       Flowers  shall  fall  from  the  hands  of  all  to 
deck  the  graves  of  those  who   repose  within  our  city,  and  memo  real  he 

her  chain  of  g  ntlest  garlands  for  those  who  sleep  in  distant  States  and  unknown 
graves.       Our  dead  are  reposing  in  ranks  by  regiments.     Ours  v.  y  war. 

In  the  record  of  Grecian  struggles  there  is  one  conflict  called  I  he  '  I  '.tile," 

because  no  blood  was  shed.      But    no  such  battle  was  fought  on  Southern  soil. 
Wherever  the  Grey  and  the  Blue  met,  coinage  met  courage,   and  blood    , 
water.       When  lhe  battle  was  over  the  news  of  mortal  casualli 
country,  bearing  sadness  to  hundreds  and  thousands  of  ho  As.      lou  shud 
you  recall  those  days.      Your  eyes  fill  with  the  uprising  tear  thai  |  .nay 

from  the  deep  of  the  heart  where  the  hviug  spring  of  the  ol  .  Thus 

we  honor  to-day  with  recoil  tears  and  other  trib  se  men  of  whom 

it  does  not  become  us  to  speak  save  with  uncovered  head  and  tin -in  .la  lied  feet. 
Yon  will  surfer  me  to  say  without  reserve  thai  my  hen     -  oi 

my  fellow-comrades.  This  is  the  time  of  my  trist,  when  I  give  myself  to  them  in 
tender  recollection.     While  I  live  this  will  be  to  me   a  sacred  d  .■ .  >   years 

hence,  if  by  reason  of  strength,  I  shall  attain  my  four-  nd  un- 

covered, and  reverent  by  the  graves  of  our  honored  dead.  Four  years  with  them 
iu  the  thick  and  heat  of  their  hardest  encounters,  with  them  to  suffer  thirst  and 
hunger,  fatigue   and  daLger,  battles  and  wounds,  victory  and   defeat,    hope  and 


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despair,  have  woven  my  heart's  affections  with  the  woof  of  their  lives.  God  gave1 
me  no  brother,  but  my  sacrificed  country  has  given  me  thousands.  If  they  needed 
further  vindication  than  lias  been  already  made  for  their  fealty  to  the  States  that 
gave  them  birth,  or  adopted  them  as  sons,  I  could  not  be  content  until  the  full  argu- 
ment was  held  before  the  forum  of  the  world's  judgment.  But  vindication  has 
already  come.  What  the  Bword  Inst  reason  will  win.  A  decade  of  experience  has 
accumulated  proof  ami  strenghtened  the  voice  of  reason.  A  few  years  of  fury 
did  indeed  sweep  clouds  of  passion  across  the  country,  and  stir  up  the  dust  of 
prejudice  to  blind  its  better  judgment.  For  a  time  it  seemed  that  power  was  in  the 
hand  of  madness,  and,  reckless  of  results,  would  write  "treason  "  on  the  front  of 
the  Confederate  cause,  and  "  traitor '  on  the  brow  of  President  Davis  and  General 
Lee.  But  the  world  cried  out,  "For  Shame."  Federal  soldiers,  who  had  crossed 
bayonets  and  exchanged  shots  with  us  on  many  battle  fields,  cried  out,  "For 
Shame!"  And  thus  madness  was  checked  by  the  justice  of  mankind,  and  cowered 
before  the  indignation  of  courage.  Our  soldiers  need  no  further  vindication. 
Their  valor,  their  patriotism,  their  worth  are  acknowledged.  They  sleep  in  graves 
that  are  honored  wherever  the  story  of  their  devotion  is  told.  From  all  quarters 
come  tributes  to  their  worth.  An  intelligent  soldier,  who  knew  well  the  truth  of 
what  he  wrote  has  recorded  liis  belief  that:  "The  world  bos  never  produced  a 
body  of  men  superior  in  courage,  patriotism  and  endurance  to  the  private  soldiers 
of  the  Confederate  armies."  He  says  :  "  I  have  seen  them  perform  deeds,  which, 
if  done  in  days  of  yore  by  mailed  warriors,  would  have  inspired  the,  harp  of  min- 
strel and  the  pen  of  poet."  A  federal  officer  of  high  rank  exclaimed  in  a  public 
address  before  an  appreciative  Northern  audience  :  That  army  of  Northern  Vir- 
ginia! Who  can  help  looking  back  upon  them  uow  with  feelings  half  fraternal! 
Reduced  to  dire  extremity  at  times,  yet  always  ready  to  fight,  and  knowing  well 
how  to  make  a  field  illustrious  !  Alain  force  against  main  force  !  When  valor  like 
their's  was  exhausted  the  sun  went  down  on  thousands  dead  but  not  one  van- 
quished." Men  distinguished  as  statesmen  and  as  milLary  men  on  the  other  At- 
lantic 6hore  have  taken  up  the  pen  to  record  their  high  estimate  of  Confederate 
valor,  fortitude  and  skill  Yes,  in  every  sense  and  from  every  quarter  the  welcome 
vindication  comes.  We  have  not  asked  the  Federal  soldier  or  citizen  to  say  tliat 
our  secession  was  right.  Fair  difference  of  opinion  may  be  indulged  on  that 
question.  But  we  hear  with  fraternal  gladness  the  tributes  which  they  pay  to  the 
honesty  of  our  motives  and  the  valor  ot  our  troops. 

And  now,  what  I  have  said  in  a  general  view  of  our  Southern  cause,  country 
and  soldiery,  has  special  force  in  regard  to  the  devotion  of  this  city  and  county, 
from  first  to  last  to  the  fortunes  of  the  Confederate  States.  Augusta  was  among 
the  first  cities  to  act — among  the  last  to  yield  !  Richmond  county  sent  the  flower 
of  its  youth  immediately  to  the  field.  Its  distinguished  Wright,  whose  manly 
form  we  miss  to-day,  was  thundering  along  the  shores  of  North  Carolina  with 
fragments  of  his  regiment  before  the  country  at  large  kn  w  that  war  had  really 
begun.  Many  of  its  sons  became  chieftains  in  the  great  struggle,  and  with  their 
no  less  valorous  comrades  in  the  ranks,  made  their  city  and  their  county,  their 
State  and  country,  illustrious.  It  was  my  own  good  fortune  to  have  had  command 
of  some  of  those  men  whom  Richmond  and  Augusta  sent  to  the  field.  Tour  ar- 
tillery and  infantry  have  both  been  with  me  often  in  the  deadly  encounters  of  the 
war,  and  I  can  testify  how  truly  and  bravely  they  bore  themselves  under  the 
fiercest  fire.  I,  too,  have  seen  some  of  your  sous  fall,  and  will  go  with  you  to-day 
to  mourn  their  loss. 

This  city  and  count}'  sent  to  the  field  two  companies  of  artillery,  six  of 
cavalry  and  fourteen 'of  infantry,  besides  Jackson's  battalion.  The  ranks  of  these 
companies  were  sadly  thinned  by  the  oft  recurring  battles,  but  they  were  from 
time  to  time  filled  up  until  scarcely  any  remained  in  the  city  or  county  but  the 
aged,  the  disabled  and  the  children.  How  many  fell  has  not  yet  been  exactly 
ascertained.  But  we  miss  to-day  many,  many  noble  forms.  Some  of  them  sleep 
in  yonder  cemetery.  Some  fill  graves  in  other  parts  of  the  State.  Some  lie  buried 
in  the  cemeteries  of  other  Stales.  Others  rest  in  the  "unknown"  graves  on  the 
fields  where  they  tell,  and  no  man  knows  their  tomb. 

"  But  had  they  no  high  honor — 
The  heavens  for  their  pall — 
To  lie  in  state,  while  angels  wait 
With  stars  for  tapers,  tall 


AUGUSTA,  GEORGIA.  18 

And  the  dark  old  pines,  with  tossing  plumes, 

O'er  their  biers  to  wave, 
And  God's  own  hand  in  the  distant  land, 

To  lay  them  in  their  grave. " 

Let  them  all  sleep  in  their  warrior  tomhs!  Lei  them  all  rest  in  the  love  of 
their  countrymen.  Let  them  be  honored  by  this  Monument,  and  be  held  in  rever- 
ence for  their  unselfish  patriotism  and  unsurpassed  valor  by  the  ages  to  come. 

Their  glory  shall  not  be  forgot 

While  Fame  her  record  keeps, 
Or  Eonor  points  the  hallowed  spot 

Where  valor  proudly  sleeps. 

The  Benediction  was  pronounced  by  the  Rev.  Mr.^Sweeny,    when 

THE   PROCESSION   WAS    REFORMED 

In  the  order  in  which  it  first  marched,'and.'proceeded  to  the  Cemetery. 

AT  THE    CEMETERY.  ' 

As  the  procession  entered  the  Cemetery  at  the  middle  gate,  the  leading  band 
played  a  beautiful  dead  march,  to  which  the  military  organizations  kept  time  in 
stepping.  Moving  down  the  main  drive  it  tiled  to  the  right,  when  the  soldiers' 
section  was  reached,  and  the  head  of  the  column  marched  around  the  East  side  of 
the  Confederate  section,  the  organizations  in  the  rear  haltiug  on  the  South  side 
and  facing  North.  Arms  were  stacked  and  ranks  broken  to  allow  the  members  of 
the  several  participating  organizations  to  move  about  as  suited  thenrbest  and  see 
the  decorations. 

SALUTES. 

As  the  processsion  was  moving  down  Greene  street,  after  coming  through 
Monument  street,  Oglethorpe  Infantry,  Co.  B,  saluted  the  Monument  in  front 
of  the  City  Hall  erected  to  the  memory  of  the  Georgia  signers  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence.  When  the  procession  reached  the  Monument  erected  in  front 
of  St.  James'  Church  to  the  memory  of  the  Confederate  dead  of^Augusta  and 
Richmond  county,  the  Battalion  halted  and  gave  a  general  salute. 

AT  THE   CEMETERY. 

There  was  an  immense  crowd  present  during  the  afternoon.  Long  before  the 
procession  started  from  Broad  street  there  was  a  large  number  of  people  who  went 
in  advance  to  the  Cemetery  to  view  the  decorations  made  during  the  day.  The 
number  of  ladies  present,  with  young  people  and  children,  was  probably  larger 
than  on  any  previous  Decoration  Day  since  the  war.     The  graves  were 

BEAUTIFULLY   DECORATED. 

Many  of  them  attracted  marked  attention.  The  late  Spring  season  created  a  fear 
that  there  would  be  a  scarcity  or  flowers,  but.  there  was  a  generous  outpouring  on 
the  part  of  all  who  had  flower  gardens,  and  a  full  supply  was  furnished  for  the 
decorations.  Among  the  more  notable  decorations  we  would  mention  were  those 
of  the  graves  marked  "  Unknown,"  of  which  there  are  several  ^Onjtwo  of  them 
two  Confederate  flags  were  constructed  ol  flowers,  with  a  full  flower  basket,  cross 
and  bouquet.  The  "Unknown"  to  the  right  of  these  was  decorated  with  bouquets 
and  flowers  spread  over  the  grave.  Next,  to  the  right  of  these  graves  was  another 
"Unknown,"  which  had  flowers  spread  over  it,  and  in  the  centre  a  miniature 
flag  staff,  to  which  was  attached  a  Confederate  national  flag,  with  two  small  flags 
at  the  bottom.  Another  grave  of  an  "Unknown"  received  marked  attention  —  a 
piece  of  poetry  was  placed  on  the  headstone  of  this  grave.  On  others,  wreaths 
and  crosses  were  placed  by  the  hands  of  our  lovely  and  devoted, women. 

On  the  grave  of  A.  M.  Drake,  a  tall  pyramid  was  constructed  of  moss,  and 
encircled  with  evergreens  and  white  flowers,  with  an  evergreen  cross  at  the  bot- 
tom. 

On  the  opposite  side  of  the  section  a  large  stump  of  a  tree  was  utilized  for  the 
same  purpose,  being  enveloped  in  moss  and  encircled  by  evergreen,  making  a  neat 
pyramid. 

On  the  grave  of  A.  J.  Newman,  Georgia,  were  the  words,  "A  Martyr  for  a 


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Noble  Cause,"  in  green,  gold  frosted.  Another  grave  had  a  high  arch  over  it, 
with  hanging  baskets  of  flowers. 

The  grave  of  S.  L.  Bridges  had  over  it  hanging  baskets  with  mosses  and  ever- 
greens, with  flowers.  On  this  grave  were  large  letters  in  arbor  vita?  making  the 
words : 

"For  his  mother ." 

This  was  (lone  by  a  lady  of  this  city,  who  not  long  since  received  a  letter  from  the 
deceased,  living  in  Alabama,  who  requested  that  a  few  flowers  should  be  placed 
upon  her  son's  grave. 

THE   BEACTIFCL   FOUNTAIN 

In  the  centre  of  the  soldiers'  section,  was  a  remarkable  point  of  attraction.  The 
spray  from  the  jet  in  the  centre  made  the  large  bouquets  of  flowers  on  either  side 
of  it  glisteu  with  beauty.  Ou  the  upper  or  west  bank  of  the  fountain,  the  tattered 
flag  of  the  4Sth  Georgia  Regiment  was  placed,  with  the  standard  supported 
in  the  earth.  Just  at  its  ba-e  was  a  large  circle  of  Mowers,  in  the  centre  of  which 
was  the  name  of  R.  E.  Lee,  in  :_'reen.  This  attracted  marked  attention,  a  large 
crowd  being  around  the  fountain  all  the  afternoon. 

THE    GRAVES   OF    FEDERALS, 

In  the  lower  part  of  the  cemetery,  were  also  handsomely  decorated.  There  are' 
we  learn,  fifty-two  Federal  soldiers  buried  in  our  cemetery,  and  on  each  grave 
flowers  were  placed  yesterday  afternoon.  The  valor  of  the  Federal  soldier  is  ap- 
preciated by  the  brave  Southern  soldier,  even  as  they  respect  the  bravery  of  all 
honorable  1 

8ALVTES   IN   THE   CEMETERY. 

After  the  companies  stacked  arms  at  the  Soldiers'  section,  Oglethorpe  In- 
fantry, Company  I!,  was  re-formed  by  Captain  J.  O.  Clarke,  anil  proceeded  to  the 
grave  of  Hon.  A.  J.  Miller,  former  Captain  of  the  Oglethorpcs,  where  they  sa- 
luted in  honor  of  his  memory,  thence  proceeded  to  the  grave  of  Gen.  John  K. 
nother  salute  was  offered.  Afterward  they  saluted  at  the  grave 
of  Sergt.  Samuel  Holmes. 

The  Irish  Volunteers  also  marched  to  their  section  in  the  cemetery,  and  made 
a  salute  iu  honor  of  the  memory  of  their  dead  buried  there. 

At  a  late  hour  in  the  afternoon  the  Battalion  was  reformed  and  marched  up 
town,  and  were  dismissed  on  Broad  street. 

WASHINGTON    ARTILLERY. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  the  ofSeers  and  men  composing  the  detach- 
ment of  veteran  members  of  the  Washington  Artillery  who  tired  the  salute  on 
street:  Lieut.  Robert  Wallace,  Lieut.  R.  Summerall,  Sergt.  E.  E.  Pritch- 
ard,  Sergt.  Win.  Pickering,  Sergt.  James  Hughes,  Charles  R.  Rowland,  Eugene 
O'Connor,  P.  Sharkey,  Frank  Kedfeni,  Isaac  Johnson,  T.  J.  Apel,  Jas.  W.  Bohler, 
Capt.  I.  P.  Girardey  and  Lieut.  George  T.  Barnes. 

THE    STl:EET    RAILROAD    COMPANY, 

With  commendable  enterprise,  during  the  day  yesterday',  ran  two  cars  on  each 
trip — one  toli  >«  iug  the  other — to  accommodate  the  large  number  of  people  going 
to  and  coming  from  the  cemetery.  While  the  ceremonies  attendant  upon  the  lay- 
ing of  tli-  c.iiier  stone  were  in  progress,  the  cars  on  the  upper  line  only  ran  to 
while  those  on  i  lie  lower  line  ran  to  Mcintosh  street,  so  as  not  to 
interfere  with  the  crowd  about  the  foundation  of  the  monument.  Transfer  tick- 
ets were  used  for  those  desiring  to  go  beyoud  the  points  where  the  cars  stopped. 


AUGUSTA,  GEORGIA.  IB 

THE  MONUMENT  IS  BUILT. 

OEBEMOWY  OP  ITNVEILINO  THE   CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT. 

The  following  Programme  of  Ceremonies  was  observed  on  the  occasion  of 
Unveiling  the  Confederate  Monument  in  Augusta;  October  31st,  1878. 

Prayer. 

Rev.  Clement  A.  Evans. 

Music. 

By  13th  United  States  Infantry  Band. 

OratioD. 

By  Col.  Charles  C.  Jones,  Jr. 

Music. 

By  Deutsche!'  Schuetzen  Band. 

Prayer. 

By  Rev.  C.  C.  Williams. 

Music. 

By  13th  United  States  Infantry  Band. 

Benediction. 

By  Rev.  J.  8.  Lamar. 

Music.  t 

By  13th  United  States  Infantry  Band. 
Salute. 
By  Washington  Artillery. 

The  seats  on  the  Platform  was  occupied  by  Officers  of  Ladies'  Memoria 
Association  and  Committees,  Disabled  ex-Confederate  Officers,  Soldiers  and  Sail" 
ors,  Marshal  of  the  Day  and  Assistants,  Officers  and  Colors  of  the  different  Or" 
ganizations  in  the  Piocession,  Orator  of  the  Day,  Clergy,  Governors  and  Staffs' 
Members  of  Congress,  Members  of  Georgia  Legislature,  ex-Governors  of  Georgia" 
Mayor,  Council  and  Clerk,  ex-Mayors  of  Augusta,  Judges  and  Court  Officials- 
Specially  Invited  Guests,  Professors  Medical  College  of  Georgia,  Reporters  of 
Press. 

ORDEK  OF    PHOOESSIOH 

Was  as  follows,  and  the  line  was  tunned  promptly  at  2  o'clock,  P.  M., 
at  the  Bell  Tower. 

First  Division — Richmond  Hussars:  Guests  of  Richmond  Hussars  ;  Cavalry 
Survivors'  Association. 

Second  Division — Thirteenth  United  States  Infantry  Band;  Augusta  Indepen- 
dent Volunteer  Battalion  ;  Police  Force  of  Augusta. 

Third  Division — Deulscher  Schuetzen  Baud ;  Deutscher  Schuetzen  Club  of 
Augusta;  Deutscher  Schuetzen  Club  of  Aiken;  Fire  Companies  of  Augusta; 
Different  Societies  and  Organizations  of  city  and  couutv  (Benevolent.  Religious 
and  National) ;  Members  of  the  Bar  of  Richmond  county ;  Medical  faculty  and 
Society;  Citizens  generally. 

Fourth  Division — Governors  and  Staff's:  Members  of  Congress  ;  .Members  of 
the  Georgia  Legislature  from  Richmon  1  county:  Mayor,  City  Council  and  Clerk 
of  Council;  Ex-Mayors  of  Augusta;  Officers  United  States  Army  and  Navy; 
Judges  and  Officials  of  Superior  and  County  Courts:  Orator  of  the  Day;  Officia- 
ting Clergy;  Clergy  of  City  and  County;  Confederate  Survivors' . Association ; 
Officers  of  the  Ladies' Memorial  Association  of  Augusta:  Committees  of  Ladies' 
Memorial  Association  ;   Ladies  generally. 

First  Division— On  the  northeast  corner  of  Greene  and  Jackson  streets,  to  As- 
sistant Marshal  Steed. 

Second  Division — On  northeast  corner  of  Greene  and  Mcintosh  streets,  in  front 
of  Christian  Church,  to  Assistant  Marshal  Dickerson. 

Third  Division— On  south  side  of  Greene,  between  Washington  and  Mcintosh 
streets,  to  Assistant  Marshal  Fee  Wilson. 

Fourth  Division — On  south  side  of  Greene,  between  Mcintosh  and  Jacksoa 
streets,  to  Assistant  Marshal  K.  J.  Wilson., 


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KODTB  OF  PBO0E38ION. 

Up  Oreene  to  Kollock,  to  Broad  street,  to  Confederate  Monument,  where  the 
procession  was  dismissed  at  the  conclusion  of  the  ceremonies. 

The  Washington  Artillery,  Capt.  Pritchard  commanding,  was  stationed  at 
the  intersection  of  Broad  and  Washington  streets  and  fired  salutes  as  the  procession 
entered  Broad  street,    and  at  the  close  of  the  Ceremonies  of  Unveiling. 

L.  A.  Picquet,  R.  J.  Wilson,  Wm.  M.  Dunbar  and  S.  R.  Clark  unveiled  the 
Monument. 

Assistant  Marshals  of  the  Dav  :  W.  J.  Steed,  Jas.  P.  Verderv.  R.  J.  Wilson, 
W.  A.  Clark,  J.  J.  Hickok,  Fee  Wilson,  O.  G.  Ganter,  Jas.  L.  Fleming,  W.  H. 
Dickerson,  P.  Gallaher. 

Street  cars  ceased  running,  and  no  vehicles  were  permitted  between 
Jackson  and  Mcintosh  streets  during  the  ceremony. 

By  direction  of  the  officers  of  the  Ladies'  Memorial  Association,  through  their 
General  Committee  of  Arrangements,  J.  V.  H.  Allen.  Jno.  W.  Clark,  H.  A.  Brahe, 
E.  E.  Pritchard,  W.  Daniel,  C.  A.  Rohbe,  J.  V.  II.  Allen,  Chairman;  H.  A 
Brahe,  Secretary ;  J.  C.  C.  Black,  Marshal  of  the  Day. 

[From  Chronicle  and  Constitutionalist  November  1st,  1S78.J 

IT     IS     FINISHED THE     CONFEDERATE     MONUMENT   UNVEILED THE 

CROWNING  OF  THE  WORK  OF  THE  LADIES'  MEMORIAL  ASSOCIATION 
IMMENSE  CKOWD  IN  ATTENDANCE INPOSING  DISPLAY ELO- 
QUENT   ADDRESS    BY    COLONEL    C.     C.    JONES,  JR. 

I*  is  woman's  heart  that  keeps  enshrined  forever  thf  memory  of  gallant  deeds 
and  brave  souls  ;  woman's  hands  that  tenderly  care  for  the  graves  of  the  dead 
heroes  and  scatter  flowers  over  the  silent  breasts  of  the  boys  in  grey.  No!  she 
does  not  forget,  though  the  din  and  turmoil  of  war  have  passed  away  forever; 
though  the  cares  and  anxiety  of  life  almost  blot  from  man's  mind  the  recollections 
of  that  glorious  past,  until  they  seem  like  the  fancies  of  a  dream.  It  was  her  self- 
abnegation,  her  patriotism  that  nerved  so  many  arms  in  the  troublous  days  when 
war  filled  the  land ;  tier's  now,  the  tender,  loving  heart  that  remembers  how  they 
died  and  in  what  cause  they  fell.  The  conquered  banner  and  all  that  it  recalls  is 
sacred  in  her  eyes,  and  her  mission  it  has  been  to  erect,  in  remembrance  of  those 
who  yielded  up  their  lives  for  it.  a  Monument  worthy  of  them  and  their  deeds  of 
valor. 

While  the  war  was  going  on  the  ladies  of  Augusta  organized  a 

ladies'  belief  and  hospital   association, 

And  to  this  society  of  benevolent  women  many  a  poor  wounded  or  sick  soldier 
w;is  indebted  for  kind  nursing  and  comfortable  clothing.  When  the  war  closed 
and  military  hospitals  disappeared,  this  soc'ety  took  upon  itself  the  duty  of 
dec-rating  with  flowers  the  soldier's  graves  in  the  City  Cemetery.  In  1808,  the 
Ladies'  Memorial  Association,  having  for  its  object  the  care  of  these  graves  as  well 
as  the  erection  of  a  Monument  to  the  Confederate  dead,  organized  by  the  election 
of  Mrs.  Dr.  John  Carter  as  President;  Mrs.  Dr.  H.  H.  Steineras  Vice-President 
and  Mrs.  John  T.  Miller  as  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  The  depression  prevailing  in 
business  just  after  the  war,  and  tin-  death  of  the  President  and  Vice-President, 
prevented  the  Association  from  doing  more  than  meeting  the  expenses  of  caring 
for  the  soldier's  graves.     But  the}   knew 

NO   BOOH    WOBD   AS  FAIL. 

In  March,  1873,  a  re-organization  was  effected  and  the  following  officers  were 
elected  : 

President,  Mrs  M.  E.  Walton  (now  Mrs.  F.  A.  Timberlake);  Secretary  and 
Treasurer,  Mis.  John  T.  Miller;  Y ice-Presidents,  Mrs.  J.  M.  Adams,  Mrs.  E.  M. 
Whitehead.  Mrs.  Ann  Anthony,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Cohen,  Mrs.  J.  S.  Lamar,  Mrs.  DeSans- 
sure  Ford,  Mrs.  11.  W.  Milliard,  .Mrs.  J.  T.  Deny,  Mrs.  John  M.  Clark,  represent 
iug  the  different  church  organisations  in  the  city.  The  present  officers  are: 
President,  Mrs.  F.  A.  Timberlake  ;  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  Mrs.  John  T.  Miller; 
Vice-Presidents,  Mrs.  E.  M.   Whitehead,  Mis.  J,  M.  Adams,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Cohen, 


AUGUSTA,  GEORGIA  IT 

Mrs.  M.  Campfield,  Mrs.  John  M.  Clark,  Mrs.  M.  A.  Danforth,  Mrs.  W.  H. 
Barrett,  Mrs.  J.  T.  May,  Mrs.  L.  Bredenberg,  Mrs.  D.  T.  Castleberry,  Mrs.  M.  B. 
Moore,  Mrs.  J.  J.  Thomas ;  Finance  Committee,  John  J.  Cohen,  Sr.,  John  T. 
Miller.  Building  Committee,  John  M.  Clark,  CoL  George  W.  Rains,  W.  H. 
Goodrich.  J.  C.  Francis,  D.  H.  Denning,  F.  A.  Timherlake,  W.  C.  Jones. 

These  ladies  at  once  set  to  work  energetically  to  accomplish  the  object  for 
which  they  had  organized.  Their  worthy  efforts  met  with  a  hearty  co-operation 
on  the  part  of  the  male  portion  of  the  community,  and  their  funds  were  soon  suffi- 
cient to  justify  them  in  taking  initiatory  steps  in' their  great  work.  The  first 
thing  to  be  done  was  the  permanent  putting  in  order  of  the  soldiers'  section  in 
the  City  Cemetery.  The-  Confederate  dead  were  gathered  together  and  buried  in 
the  section,  which  was  enclosed  with  a  substantial  stone  coping,  turfed, 
and  a  fountain  erected  in  the  centre.  Over  each  grave  was  placed  a 
slab  of  marble,  bearing  the  name,  company,  regiment  and  State  of  the  sleeping 
soldier  beneath.  The  sod  soon  grew,  flowers  bloomed  amid  its  verdancy,  and  Me- 
morial Day  became  a  holiday  sacredly  observed  by  everybody.  And  now  the 
ladies  began  to  prepare  for  the.  culmination  of  their  labors.  It  was  determined  to 
erect  a  marble  shaft  in  some  public  place  in  the  city,  to  the  memory  of  the  Con- 
federate dead  of  Richmond  county.  At  a  fair  given  by  the  Association,  a  vote 
was  taken  in  order  to  decide  upon  the  location."  The  majority  was  in  favor  of 
Broad  street,  between  Jackson  and  Mcintosh,  and  this,  therefore,  was  the  spot  se- 
lected by  the  Association.  In  the  beginning  of  1S75  the  Association  advertised 
for  designs  for  the  monument,  and  from  i.  number  presented  that  forwarded  by 
Van  Gunden  &  Young,  of  Philadelphia,  was  purchased.  The  cost  of  the  design 
was  $500.  The  general  satisfaction  evinced  and  the  many  encomiums  bestowed 
upon  the  monument,  demonstrated  the  good  judgment  of  the  ladies  in  their  selec- 
tion. 

The  design  accepted,  the  contract  for  erecting  the  cenotaph  was  awarded  to 
Mr.  T.  Markwalter,  of  Augusta. 

The  marble  portion  of  the  monument  was  executed  at  Carara,  Italy,  and  the 
first  shipment  of  it  reached  Augusta  a  short  time  since.  Mr.  Markwalter  com- 
menced its  erection  at  once,  and  on  last  Saturday  the  entire  work,  including  the 
base,  was  finished. 

The  monument  is  seventy-two  feet  in  height.  The  base,  which  is  of  Georgia 
granite,  is  twenty-two  feet  square.  The  foundation  of  brick  is  four  feet  high, 
making  the  whole  seventy-six  feet  in  height.  At  the  corners  of  the  first  section, 
twenty  feet  from  the  bast,  are  life-size  marble  statues  of  Generals  R.  E.  Lee, 
T.  J.  (Stonewall)  Jackson,  Thomas  K.  R.  Cobb  and  W.  H.  T.  Walker,  representing 
respectively  the  Lost  Cause,  the  State  of  Georgia  and  Richmond  county.  The 
second  section  contains  Confederate  emblems  in  has  relief  Mid  the  coats  of  arma 
of  the  Confederacy  and  the  State  of  Georgia.  The  obelisk  rises  proportionately 
with  tasteful  ornamentations  from  this  section  to  the  cap,  where  it  is  surmounted 
by  the  statue  of  a  private  Confederate  soldier,  heroic-size,  at  rest.  Engraven, 
upon  tablets  are  the  following  inscriptions: 

On  the  north  side — 

IN  MEMORIAM. 
"  No  nation  rose  so  white  and  fair, 
None  fell  so  pure  of  crime." 
On  the  south  side — 

Worthy 

to  have  lived  and  known 

Our  Gratitude ; 

Worthy 

to  be  hallowed  and  held 

in  tender  remembrance; 

Worthy 

the  Fadeless  Fame  which 

Confederate  Soldiers 

won. 

VTio  t;ave  themselves  in  life 

and  death  for  us ; 
For  the  Honor  of  Georgia, 
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18  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT 

For  the   Rights  of  the  States, 

For  the  Liberties  of  the  People, 

For    the    Sentiments    of    the    South, 

For  the  Principles  of  the  Union, 

As  these  were  handed  down  to  them 

By  the  Fathers  ot  our  Common  Country. 

On  the  east  side — 

,  OtJB 

CONFEDERATE  DEAD. 
On  the  west  side — 

Erected  A.  D.,  1878, 

BY  THE    LADIES'   MEMORIAL  ASSOCIATION  OF   AUGUSTA, 

In  honor  of  the 

MEN  OF    RICHMOND  COUNTY 

AY  ho  died 

IN  THE  CAUSE  OF  THE    CONFEDERATE   STATES. 

The  Association  has  raised,  since  its  first  organization,  the  sum  of  $20,934  04. 
This  amount  has  been  expended  in  the  following  manner:  Soldiers'  section, 
$2.60646;  design  i if  monument,  $500;  foundation  and  laying  the  corner  stone  of 
the  monument,  $1,156  34;  incidental  expenses  during  the  past  ten  years.  ©413  86  ; 
monument,  $14,490;  granite  steps  and  coping,  $1,185.  .Making  the  total  expen 
ditures  to  date,  $30,35166,  and  the  total  cost  of  the  monument,  $17,33134 
These  expenditures  have  all  been  promptly  met  by  the  Association,  and 
the  monument  is  now  paid  for  and  complete.  Mr.  Mark  waiter,  the  con- 
tractor, deserves  the  greatest  credit,  and  his  work  exhibits  no  fault  or  flaw. 
Through  the  efforts  of  Hon.  A.  H.  Stephens  and  Colonel  Chas.  C.  Jones,  Jr.,  the 
ladies  were  saved  the  expenses  of  paying  custom  duties— $1,712  90 — on  the 
marble. 

Such,  then,  is  the  Irstory  of  the  Ladies'  Memorial  Association,  and  the  vast 
crowd  that  gathered  yesterday,  and  the  imposing  ceremonies  with  which  the  un- 
veiling of  the  monument  was  conducted,  demonstrated  the  appreciation  of  the 
community  for  their  loving  labors. 

THE  GREAT  DAY. 

Yesterday  morning  lawned  bright  and  fair  and  nature  herself  seemed  to  smile 
approbation  upon  the  ceremonies  with  which  the  day  was  to  be  consecrated.  A 
large  number  of  people  amc  in  from  the  adjacent  country  Wednesday  night,  and 
the  morning  trains  brought  many  more,  while  there  was  an  excursion  party  from 
Columbia  and  another  from  along  the  line  of  the  Poit  Royal  Railroad.  By  12 
o'clock  an  immense  crowd  filled  Broad  street.  Among  tit-  se  who  came  in  on  the 
Georgia  Railroad,  was  Governor  A.  II.  Colquitt.  The  Washington  Artillery  fired  a 
salute  of  nineteen  guns  upon  his  arrival.  His  Excellency  was  met  at  the  depot  by 
Colonel  C.  C.  Jones.  Jr.,  who  took  him  in   charge. 

During  the  morning  the  Edgefield  Hussars,  Capt.  Mart  ert;  the  Silverton  Demo- 
cratic Club,  Capt.  Cobb  :  the  Summer  Hill  Democratic  Club,  Capt.  Butler;  and 
the  Beech  Island  Rangers,  Capt.  Frank  Dunbar,  reached  the  city  The  Burke 
Hussars  and  Wilkins  Cavaliers  arrived  Wednesday  evening.  The  two  latter  com- 
panies paraded  on  Greene  street  yesternay  morning  and  made  a  very  fine  display. 

Before  10  o'cloi  k  Confederate  Hags,  war  worn  relics,  floated  in  the  breeze  in 
every  direction.  The  hall  of  the  Richmond  Hussars  w.as  particularly  noticed  tor 
its  display  of  banm  rs.  Festooned  on  the  balcony  and  depending  from  a  line 
stretched  across  the  street,  were  the  fla^s  raised  over  the  United  States  Arsenal  at 
Summerville,  by  Mi  jorj.  V.  H.  Allen  and  Captain  J.  O.  Clark,  after  it  was  taken 
possession  of  by  the-  State  authorities  ;  a  flag  made  by  Lieutenant  Twiggs,  a  large 
Confederate  flag,  w'th  seven  stars,  presented" by  Capta  n  [\irpin  and  Captain  H. 
H.  D'Antignac,  a  Palmetto  flag  presented  by  Major  F.  K.  Huger,  the  flag  of  Col- 
cuel  T.  R.  R.  Colli  *  -  brigade,  the  flag  of  Colonel  Deloney's  command,  the  flag  of 
the  9th  Kentucky  Regiment,  the  last  signal  flag  used  on  Fort  Sumter,  a  German 
flag,  the  Irish  Volunteers'  war  flag,  and  a  French  flag.  In  front  of  the  Southern 
Express  office  floatec'  two  large  flags  used  by  that  company  during  the  war  on  its 
wagons,  while  with  'he  armies  of  "the  Confederacy.  On  tha  platform  in  front  of 
the  monument  was  ;;  tall  staff,  from  which  waved  a  United  States  and  a  Confed- 
erate flag,  blended  to^etlisr.    Oyer  Uiese,  was  a.  white  pemiaat  bearing  th,e   word 


AUGUSTA,  GEORGIA  19 

••Peace"  in  large  letters,  and  still  above  were  several  sprigs  of  evergreen,   emble- 
matic of  the  olive  branch. 

At  1  o'clock  the  cavalrv  regiment  formerl  in  front  of  the  Hussar  Hall,  under 
the  command  of  Gen.  G.  J.  Wrig  :t,  as  Colonel.  The  gallant  veteran  sat  his  horse 
as  firmlv  as  he  did  in  the  days  of  yore  when  he  lead  the  boys  in  gray  intj  the 
thickest  of  the  battle.  Captain  Miller,  of  South  Carolina,  Captain  E.  T.  Craig,  of 
the  Confederate  Survivors,  smd  Lieutenant  Thayer,  of  the  Richmond  Hi  ssars, 
acted  as  aids,  with  Captain  John  W.  Clark  as  Adjutant.  Captain  Markert,  ot  the 
Edgefield  Hussars,  acted  as  Lieutenant-Colonel,  and  Captain  Young,  of  the  Caval- 
rv Survivors,  as  Major.  The  regiment  Whs  composed  oi  the  following  compa- 
nies: Richmond  Hussars,  35 men,  Lieutenant  Fleming;  Wilkins  Cavaliers,  40 
men,  Captain  J.  P.  Thomas;  Sil  vert  on  Club,  52  men,  Captain  Cobb ;  Color 
Guard,  36  men  ;  Cavalry  Survivors,  25  men,  President  W.  B.  1  our.g  ;hui  ke 
Hussars,  23  men,  Captain  Fulcher;  Summer  Hill  Club,  80  men,  Captain  Butler; 
Beech  Island  Rangers,  44  men,  Captain  Dunbar  ;  Edgefield  Hussars,  35  men,  Cap- 
tain Markert.  With  the  Richmond  Hussars  were  nine  men  of  the  Charleston  Dra- 
goons, under  command  of  Lieutenant  Legare.  The  whole  command  numbered 
294  men.  After  the  regiment  was  organized,  it  proceeded  to  the  rendezvous  at  the 
Bell  Tower.  „      ..     t  -, 

The  Confederate  Survivors,  75  men,  under  command  of  Vice-President  Jive 
formed  in  front  of  Hussar  Hall.  Two  bullet  torn  Confederate  battle  flags  floated 
over  them.  One  was  the  headquarters  flag  of  General  Thos.  R.  R.  Cobb,  borne 
by  Colonel  H.  D.  D.  Twiggs,  in  his  uniform  as  Colonel  in  the  Confederate  army. 
The  sash  in  which  General  Cobb  was  buried  was  worn  by  ftolonel  1  wiggs. 
The  other  flag  was  the  battle  flag  of  the  Twenty-seventh  Virginia,  borne  by  Mr. 
J.  A.  Lofliu.  , 

The  Volunteer  Ba'tabon  formed  in  front  of  Masonic  Hall,  at  1  o  clock,  under 
command  of  Lieutenant-Colonel  W.  Daniel  ;  the  Oglethorpe  Infantry,  Lieutenant 
Miller;  Clarke  Light  Infantry,  Lieutenant  Cohen  ;  Clinch  Rifles,  Captain  *ord  ; 
Irish  Volunteers,  Capt.  Smyth.  The  Oglethorpe  Infantry  carried  a  handsome  Con- 
federate flag  presented  to  the  Stephens  Light  Guard  by  the  ladies  ot  Greenesboro 
at  the  beginning  of  the  war.  It  was  in  the  hands  of  General  Bartow  when  he 
fell  at  the  first  battle  of  Manassas.  The  Clinch  Rifles  carried  the  flag  of  the  5th 
Georgia  Regiment.  The  words  "Santa  Rosa,  Murfreesboro,  Chickarnauga, 
were  written  on  its  folds.  The  Irish  Volunteers  bore  as  the  Battalion  colors  the 
5th  Virginia  Infantry  flag.  The  Battalion  escorted  the  Confederate  Survivors  to 
the  rendezvous  on  Greene  street. 

The  procession  was  formed  at  the  Bell  Tower  at  2  o'clock.  The  other  organi- 
zations in  line,  besides  those  mentioned  above,  were  the  Scbue'zen  Club,  40  men, 
President  Spaeth;  the  Aiken  Scbuetzen,  10 men,  President  Halm;  the  Alert  tnie 
Company,  30  men,  Captain  Denning,  and  the  Blennerhassett  Fire  Company,  Cap- 
tain Jones,  15  men,  with  the  reel.  The  Vigilant  steamer,  Gazelle  steamer,  and  t he 
old  and  new  steamers  of  the  Clinch  Fire  Company,  were  also  in  the  line,  lire 
steamer  of  the  Vigilant  was  festooned  wilh  a  Confederate  flag. 

Governor  Colquitt  rode  in  a  carriage  drawn  by  four  beautiful  white  horses 
driven  by  Mr.  Heggie.  Dr.  Janes,  Mayor  Meyer,  Major  Allen  and  Chief  KoUDe 
rode  with  the  Governor.  Mrs.  Stonewall  Jackson  rode  in  a  carriage  with  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  M.  Clark.  The  procession  was  under  the  command  of  the  Hon.  James 
C.  C.  Black.  Marshal  of  the  Day,  assisted  by  Messrs.  TV.  J.  Steed,  R.  J.  Wilson, 
J.  J.  Hickok,  O.  G.  Ganter,  TV.  H.  Dickerson,  Jo  nes  P.  Verdery,  TV.  A.  Clark,  .bee. 
Wilson,  J.  L.  Fleming,  P.  Gallaher,  as  aids.  The  splendid  band  of  the  Thirteenth 
U.S.  Infantry  preceded  the  Volunteer  Battalion.  The  Schuetzen  Band  marched 
immediately  in  front  of  the  Schuetzen  Club.  The  procession  moved  off  at  half-past 
two  o'clock,  and  marched  up  Greene  to  K  Hock,  through  Kollock  to  Broad,  and 
down  Broad  to  ihe  platform  where  the  different  organizations  were  grouped,  so  as  to 
witness  the  ceremonies.  The  balconies  and  windows,  pavements  and  streets  were 
crowded  with  spectators  as  the  procession  marched,  and  everything  moved  with  it 
towards  the  monument,  so  that  when  the  exercises  commenced  Broad  street,  from 
Jackson  to  Mcintosh,  was  literally  packed  with  people.  There  could  not  have 
been  less  than  twenty  thousand  spectators  of  the  ceremonies.  All  the  stores  and 
places  of  business  were  closed  soon  after  12  o'clock,  and  there  was  a  general  out- 
pouring of  the  people  to  witness  the  interesting  aud  imposing  spectacle.  The  sun 
shone  brightly,  but  a  cold  wild  prevailed,  dapping  the  banners  violently  to  and 
too,  and  cluUing  those  on  the  shady  side  of  the  street. 


20  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT 

On  the  platfrom  were  Governor  Colquitt,  officers  of  the  Ladies'  Memorial  As- 
sociation. Confederate  Survivors'  Association,  orator  of  tli  ■  day  and  others.  The 
Stonewall  Brigade  5a<r,  Washington  Artillery  war  flag,  Eighth  Georgia  flag;,  Twenty- 
seventli  Virginia  flag  ai  I  Cobb  Legion  flag  waved  from  t]r3  platform  in  addition 
to  the  blended  United  States  and  Confederate  flags.  In  front  of  the  monument 
rose  white  and  fail,  its  statues  veiled. 

After  music  by  the  band,  Major  Allen  announced  that  the  ceremonies  would 
commence  with  prayer  by  Kcv.  ('.  A.  Evans.  The  following  is  the  prayer,  which 
was  listened  to  with  bowed  heads  : 

"O  Lord,  our  Lord,  who  art  in  this  and  every  place,  accept  the  worship  which 
this  people  give  unto  Thee  this  day,  and  hear  our  prayer.  May  our  memories 
recall  not  only  our  sorrows  but  also  Thy  many  mercies,  and  move  us  to  become  a 
people  consecrated  unto  Thee.  We  thank  Thee.  ()  Lord,  for  the  many  lives  that 
were  spared  from  deat  1 1  where  so  many  thousands  fell  in  the  recent  tearful  war, 
and  here  we  humbly  off er  unto  Thee  those  lives  which  Thou  didst  thus  redeem 
from  destruction.  We  beseech  Thee  to  visit  the  widows  and  the  orphans  of  the 
fallen  soldiers  and  comfort  them  in  their  afliict  ion.  If  any  of  these  are  in  want 
because  the  arms  that  sustained  them  are  strengthless  in  the  dust,  we  pray  Thee 
enkindle  feelings  of  love  for  them,  and  raise  up  friends  for  them  on  every  hand. 
May  the  living  sons  and  daughters  of  the  patriot  soldiery  be  ennobled  by  the  high- 
est virtue  and  true  religion.  Especially  bless  Thydaughti  is  of  this  Memorial  As- 
sociation, who  for  many  years  have  toiled  to  this  mot  icu;  of  gnat  achievement, 
and  in  a  labor  of  their  love  have  bnilded  this  monument.  Be  pleased.  O  Lord,  to 
hear  us  for  State  and  country.  >\  e  thank  Thee  that  our  State  is  wisely,  honestly 
and  lovingly  governed.  -May  Thy  servant,  the  Governor,  be  enriched  by  Thy 
grace  and  by  the  continued  trust  of  the  people  whom  he  governs  in  Wisdom,  Jus. 
ticeand  Moderation.  We  beseech  Thee  to  bind  the  States  of  this  Union  together 
and  to  blend  the  people  of  the  States  in  one.  May  this  monument  forbid  all  dis- 
cord. Rule  Thou  over  us  and  let  all  the  nations  of  tie  earth  know  that  Thou  art 
among  this  people.  Establish  our  government  in  rig  iteoosness  and  preserve  us  in 
prosperous  and  peaceful  dominion  unt',1  Thy  kingdom  cot  le  and  Thy  will  be  done 
on  earth  as  it  is  in  Heaven.  For  Thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the  power,  and  the 
glory  forever  and  ever,  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.     Amen.'' 

Hon.  J.  C.  C.  Black  then  introduced  Colonel  0.  C.  Jones.  Jr.,  Orator  of  the 
Day,  who  delivered  the  following  chaste  and   eloquent   address: 

" The  reverberations  of  the  thundersof  contending  armies  had  scarcely  been 
hushed  within  our  borders,  and  the  Moo  1  of  our  precious  lead  ceased  to  incarna- 
dine the  land  for  whose  retention  they  had  wrestled  so  bravely  but  in  vain,  waen 
it  entered  into  the  hearts  of  noble  women  in  our  city  to  erect  a  monument  in 
honor  of  the  Lost  Cause,  in  memory  of  the  gallant  soldiers  from  this  county  who 
had  perished  during  the  Confederate  struggle   for   independei.ee. 

It  was  a  holy  purpose;  the  logical  sequence  of  that  love,  sympathy,  self-denial, 
encouragement  and  devotion  which,  exhibited  by  mother,  wife,  sister,  daughter 
during  the  progress  of  the  revolution,  had,  in  manly  breasts,  inspire  i  hopes  the 
most  exalted,  stimulated  patriotism  the  purest,  and  prompted  action  the  most 
heroic. 

It  was  a  brave  resolve,  for  the  entire  region  was  filled  with  mourning.  Hope 
had  fled,  and  expectation  perished.  Established  mstitatii  ns  bad  been  ruthlessly 
overturned,  and  the  pleasure  of  the  Conqueror  was  I  be  •  upreme  law.  Sorrow, 
penury,  disappointment  and  ashes  were  the  common  heritage;  and,  in  the  general 
gloom  which  encompassed  all,  there  shone  not  a  single  star  of  substantial 
promise. 

Surely  none,  save  the  loyal  women  of  our  own  Southland,  were  qualified  for 
such  an  effort.  Intent  f.pon  the  accomplishment  of  their  generous  mission,  with 
such  zeal  did  they  prosecute  their  pious  labors,  that  in  the  fullness  of  time,  deep 
in  the  bosom  of  tbi  i  out  mother  earth,  and  in  the  presence  of  a  grateful  people 
were  securely  laid  '.be  foundations  of  the  monument  whose  completion  we  this 
day  celebrate. 

On  that  memorable  occasion,  by  one*  in  whom  art  happily  blended  the  courage 
and  capacity  of  a  military  leader,  the  purity  and  (few  ion  of  a  minister  of  the 
Most  High  God,  the  eloquence  of  an  orator,  and  the  citholic  spirit  of  a  true  citi- 
zen, were  uttered  words  of  congratulation,  dignity  and  manhood,    which  far  and 

•  Jicvereod  General  clefaaw  A.  Sv&ua. 


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hear  were  welcomed  and  applauded.  Three  years  have  elapsed  since  those  im- 
posing ceremonies  were  observed.  The  labors  of  these  good  ■women  are  now  end- 
ed. Their  efforts  have  been  crowned  with  complete  success.  WiOught  by  skilled 
hands  from  out  the  marble  womb  ol  those  classic  hills  which,  overlooking  the 
beautiful  bay  of  Geuoa.  have,  for  more  than  eighteen  centuries,  furnished  their 
pure  material  for  the  art-trophies  of  many  nations,  the  blocks  which  compose  this 
monument,  safely  transported  across  kindly  seas,  and  aptly  joined  together,  now 
rise  before  our  admiring  gaze  in  comely  shape  and  realistic  beauty,  the  pride  of 
Augusta,  and  the  cyr.o.-ure  of  every  Confederate  eye. 

Hither  are  we  come,  with  all  the  pomp  and  circumstance  at  command,  with 
united  voice  to  congratulate  the  ladies  of  the  Memorial  Association  upon  the  con- 
summation  of  this  blessed  work;  to  tender  the  cordial  thanks  not  only  of  this 
entire  community  and  State,  but  also  of  all  whose  hearts  are  loyal  to  the  impulses, 
aims,  and  rights  eh.rished  by  the  South  and  sternly  battled  for  in  the  war  between 
the  States,  for  this  sightly  cenotaph,  the  offspring  of  their  energy,  sympathy  and 
love,  and  to  assure  them  that  mindful  of  their  exhortations,  examples,  prayers, 
sacrifices  and  angelic  ministrations,  when  .death  and  desolation  stalked  like  all- 
devouring  demons  through  our  war-convulsed  land,  and  reverencing  the  sentiments 
which  animated  their  pure  bosoms  in  this  illustrious  behalf,  we  will  cultivate  the 
virtues,  guard  the  principles,  emulate  the  characters,  and  observe  the  lessons  which 
this  their  priceless  gift  is  designed   to  inculcate,  commemorate   and  perpetuate. 

With  rapturous  joy  do  we  hail  the  dedication  of  this  goocdy  monument.  With 
kindling  hearts  do  we  respond  to  the  inspirations  and  memories  which  its  presence 
bespeaks.  We  glory  in  the  rectitude  of  the  cause,  and  exult  in  the  valor  of  the 
men  symbolized  by  its  towering  form  and  martial  outlines.  In  %pen  day,  and  in 
the  face  of  the  world,  we  here  protest  that  so  far  being  "rebels  against  legitimate 
authority  and  traitors  to  their  country,"  our  Confederate  Dead  were  "levers  of 
liberty,  combatants  for  constitutional  rights,  and,  as  examples  of  heroic  virtue, 
benefactors  of  their  race."" 

For  the  past  we  have  no  apologies  to  offer,  no  excuses  to  render,  no  regrets  to 
utter,  save  that  we  failed  in  our  high  endeavor;  no  tears  to  shed  except  over 
withered  hopes  and  the  graves  of  our  departed  worthies.  We  yielded  in  the  end 
because  we  were  overborne  by  superior  numbers  and  weightier  munitions.  Any 
pledges  given  will  be  I  y  us  duly  observed;  but  it  is  well  known,  alike  by  friend 
and  stranger,  that  nothing  has  been  absolutely  determined  except  the  question  of 
comparative  strength.  The  issue  furnished  only  a  physical  solution  of  the  moral, 
social  and  political  propositions  involved  in  the  gigantic  struggle.  The  sword 
never  does,  and  never  an  compass  other  than  a  forcible  arbitrament  in  matters  of 
conscience,  principle,  and  inalienable  right.  Even  now  the  fundamental  claims, 
the  political  privileges,  and  the  vested  rights  in  support  of  which  the  Southern 
people  expended  their  blood  and  treasure,  are,  in  a  mora!  point  of  view,  unaffect- 
ed by  the  result  of  the  contest.  This  we  confidently  affirm  i-i  the  teeth  of  the 
practical  and  in  many  respects  lamentable  consequences  entailed  by  the  interven- 
tion of  the  vis  major.  The  necessity  was  laid  upon  us,  to  maintain  our  State 
sovereignty,  home  rule,  honor,  property,  and  self-respect,  at  the  expense  of 
wounds,  desolation  and  death.  An  appeal  to  arms  in  an  unequal  strife,  and  in  a 
defensive  war  was  all  that  was  left  to  us.  We  accepted  the  issue.  For  four 
long  and  bloody  years  were  our  entire  manhood  and  capabilities  enlisted  in  the 
great  battle  for  constitutional  liberty  and  self-preservation.  AVe  failed,  but  not 
until  we  had  demonstrated  to  an  expectant  world  that  we  est  'emed  life  less  dear 
than  honor,  and  that  we  were  at  least  not  unworthy  the  privileges,  the  homes  and 
the  equalities  for  which  we  contended. 

The  day  will  surely  come — aye,  it's  dawning  is  already  begun — when  the  con- 
duct of  the  Confederate  States  in  their  amazing  contest  for  right,  property,  and  an 
independent  national  existence,  will  be  justified,  honored,  ana  admired  by  all  who 
possess  the  knowledge  to  discern,  the  honesty  to  appreciate,  and  the  candor  to 
confess.  Tne  wealth  of  high  resolves,  fearless  purposes,  strenuous  exertions  and 
generous  sacrifices — the  satisfaction  bom  of  a  consciousness  of  duty  discharged, 
manhood  indicated,  and  country  defended  while  hope  and  ability  remained — an 
abiding  confidence  in  the  rectitude  ot  our  lofty  emprise — the  record  of  brave 
deeds— the  recollections  of  a  heroic  past,  and  the  rich  legacy  bequeathed  by  the 
valor  and  devotion  ot:  soii-s,  brothers,  fathers — all  these  and  mure  are  ours,  and 
neither  the  lap.ij  of  years  an  the  mutations  of  fortune  cm  wrest  them  from  us. 
Ou  the  entablature  of  an  ancient  gateway  leading  towards  a  resting  place  for  the 


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dead,  is  an  inscription  in  which  the  soul  is  snhlimely  celebrated  as  miperstes  carport 
cacluco — surviving  the  frail  body.  Yes,  the  exalted  spirit  which  animated  our  Con- 
federate dead — the  soul  of  patriotism  which  led  them  to  give  to  their  country  their 
loves  and  theb  lives — must  triumph  over  the  oblivion  oi  the  grave,  and  forever 
remain  supepties  carpori  caduco.  In  those  voiceless  songs  which  iu  quiet  hours 
we  sing  in  our  own  thoughts,  this  refrain  will  remind  us  of  present  and  future 
glory  for  this  immortal  dust,  and  inspire  hope  for  the  people  whose  sons  evinced 
such   devotion. 

The  waves  of  the  ocean  as  they  break  along  our  shore  will  chant  anthems  in 
honor  of  our  illustrious  dead.  The  everlasting  hills  jwill  continue  the  living  wit- 
nesses of  their  triumphs.  Silent  valleys  will  remain  vocal  with  their  praises,  and 
river  and  flood  and  mountain  and  plain  proclaim  their  deeds  of  valor.  Fair  hands 
will,  each  year,  with  vernal  flowers,  fresh,  spotless  and  redolent  of  sweetest  per- 
fumes, garland  their  graves.  1  old  will  venerate  the  illustrious  memo- 
ries they  have  bequeathed,  and  childrens'  children — proud  of  their  descent  from 
Confederate  sires — learn  with  earliest  breath  to  lisp  the  nanus  of  the  chieftains  of 
the  South,  and  with  their  youngest  emotions  to  admi  'e  and  emulate  their  famous 
examples. 

This  occasion  recalls  the  virtues  and  consecrates  in  enduring  marble  the  images 
of  our  slain  warriors.  It  crystalizes  in  towering  and  symmetrical  form  the  memo- 
ries of  the  Confederate  struggle  for  independence.  Heel  it  is  that  such  characters 
and  recollections  should  be  perpetuated  by  (he  ci  stlkst  and  most  durable  expres- 
sions of  art.  Most  seemly  is  it  that  this  gift  should  be  bestowed  by  the  hand  of 
pure  woman  ;  most  appropriate  is  it  that  this  tribute  should  be  earliest  consecrated 
by  her  prayers,  her  loves,  and  her  tears.  If  air,  thing  were  needed  to  supplement 
the  beatitude  of  this  vision,  it  is  found  in  her  presence,  in  her  attesting  sympathy, 
and  in  the  remembrance  of  all  li!  xerlious,  faith,  and  perseverance  under  cir- 
cumstances the   most  untoward. 

It  is  a  strange  sight,  this  dedication  of  an  august  monument  in  the  chief  place 
of  our  city,  by  a  people  who  were  overcome  in  the  contest,  to  the  cause  which 
they  seemingly  lost,  and  to  the  heroes  who  perish  d  in  the  effort  for  its  mainten- 
ance. We  question  whether  history,  iu  all  her  wide  range  of  nations  and  ages, 
furnishes  like  example.  To  victors  belong  paeans,  and  triumphal  arches  and 
statues  of  bronze  and  marble  and  gold  are  usually  accorded  only  to  those  who  win 
the  title  of  conqueror. 

Ouly  ten  years  agone,  Polish  exiles,  assembled  from  various  countries  in  Europe, 
inaugurated  upon  Swiss  soil  a  monument  commemorative  of  their  dismembered 
nation's  long  and  unsuccessful  struggle  for  independence.  It  consists  of  a  column 
of  black  marble  surmounted  by  the  white  eagle  of  Poland.  Upon  the  four  sides 
of  its  pedestal,  in  Polish.  French,  German,  and  Latin,  is  engraved  this  moving 
appeal :  "  The  immortal  >/■  nius  of  Poland,  l  nan  id  i  i  vfter  «  struggle  of  a  hun- 
dred years,  on  free  Helvetian  soil  appeals  U>  the  justice  of     od  and  man." 

Here,  however,  upon  soil  lately  Confederate,  and  loyal  still  to  the  traditions  of 
a  glorious  past,  we  elevate  this  cenotaph  which  now  proclaims,  and  shall  testify 
to  the  coming  generations  the  power  dt  Confederate  memories,  the  pathos  of  Con- 
federate emotions,  the  gratitude  and  devotion  of  Confederate  hearts.  No  one 
questions  our  motives,  or  suggests  objections  to  these  impressive  ceremonies.  It 
is  because  the  principles  we  Bought  to  establish  commend  themselves  to  the  appro- 
bation of  liberty-loving  mankind;  it  is  because  truth  aud  justice  are  eternal,  and 
remain  unaffected  by  the  accidents  of  war;  it  is  because  the  brave  spirits  who  fell 
iu  the  effort  to  sustain  them,  earned  the  admiration  of  the  civilized  world,  and 
secured  for  themselves  a  reputation  above  the  shafts  of  malevolence  and  the  sneers 
of  detraction,  that  the  propriety  of  monuments  like  this  is  freely  accorded. 

While  the  cause  which  we  now  emblazon  belongs  to  history,  while  the  bright 
examples  of  the  virtuous  dead  who  perished  in  its  support  will  be  emulated  by 
men  of  other  ages,  and  while  their  good  deeds  will  be  treasured  as  the  heritage  of 
many  generations,  most  appropiiate  is  il  that  we  should  here  aud  now  embody  our 
special  respect  and  personal  love,  loyally,  and  admiration,  in  visible  shape,  thus 
according  to  the  nubility  of  our  own  times, 

"  A  local  habitation  and  a  name." 

Monuments  are  connecting  links  between  the  present  and  the  past.  They  sym- 
bolize the  noblenesses  which  have  gone  before,  and  betoken  a  happy  recognition 
of  them  by  those  who  come  after.     They  denote  a  "just  and  grateful   apprecia- 


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tion  of  the  virtues  and  services  they  are  designed  to  commemorate,  and  stand  as 
silent  yet  impressive  teachers  of  the  noblest  lessons."  About  them  gather  the 
recollections  of  former  achievements  and  brave  endeavors,  and  in  them  dwells  a 
consciousness  of  the  dignity  and  manhood  of  the  race  whose  history  has  been 
enriched  by  such  exhibitions  of  worth  and  excellence.  The}'  stimulate  children 
to  a  generous  emulation  of  the  meritorious  deeds  of  their  ancestors,  and  incite  to 
action.  They  foster  martial  spirit  and  engender  courageous  aspirations.  By  por- 
traying the  images  of  the  great,  they  keep  ever  before  our  eyes"  deathless  exam- 
ples. The  looks  and  thoughts  of  sympathy  begotten  by  their  lteroic  presence  give 
birth  to  heroism.  Within  the  charmed  sphere  of  their  influence  the  living  learn 
to  value  and  to  imitate  the  true,  the  beautiful,  and  the  sublime,  and  insensibly 
acquire  the  virtues  they  symbolize. 

People  whose  exploits  lftpe  been  famous,  recognizing  the  propriety  and  the  po- 
tency of  such  tributes,  have  in  all  cultured  ages  invoked  the  aid  of  the  sculptor  to 
perpetuate  the  remembrance  of  memorable  men  and  events.  The  majestic 
Acropolis  was  rilled  with  the  signs  of  Athenian  valor.  Imperial  Rome  pointed 
proudly  to  her  triumphal  arches  and  the  statues  of  her  deified  heroes.  The  opu- 
lent cities  of  the  earth  reckon  among  their  chief  decorations  and  conspicuous 
ornaments,  grateful  off  rings  to   departed   worth. 

Yes,  monuments  an-  the  physical  embodiments  of  the  most  exalted  memories 
and  the  most  valuable  traditions  of  a  people.  They  are  at  one:  exponents  of  the 
general  gratitude,  and  enduring  pledges  of  public  allegiance  to  the  cardinal  princi- 
ples illustrated  by  the  lives  and  acts  of  those  in  whose  honor  they  are  erected. 
Blessed  is  the  people  whose  homes  are  rendered  illustrious  by  grand  monuments 
and  distinguished  graves.  A  country  without  these  is  a  pk.ce  w.t^put  names,  and 
a  territory  devoid  of  moral  grandeur. 

Although  our  Southern  Cross  was  shot  to  shreds  upon  the  battle  field;  although 
our  beloved  Confederacy  has,  with  a  mailed  and  bloody  hand,  been  blotted  from 
the  sisterhood  of  nations  we  bid  this  monument  bear 

"  Tt  is  blazon  to  the  end  of  time  : 
No  nation  rose  vj  white  a^d  fair, 
A   ne  fill  so  pure  of  crime  ;" 

and,  uttering  the  sentiments  of  the  good  and  true  women  of  this  Memorial  Asso- 
ciation, and  ineiicating  the  general  wish  for  our  dead  heroes,  we  charge  this  voice- 
less cenotaph  to 

"  Give  them  the  meert  they  have  won  in  the  past, 

Give  them  the  honors  their  future  forecast, 

Give  them  the  chapters  they  won  iu  the  strife. 

Give  them  the  laurels  they  lost  with  their  lite.'' 

Oh!  holy  cause!  Oh!  illustrious  names!  For  you  time  crji  bring  no  shadow, 
nor  envious  years  oblivi:  in. 

This  day  we  wrest  from  our  secular  calendar,  and  set  apart  as  a  season  of  hal- 
lowed recollections,  of  (lead  hopes,  of  tearful  eyes,  of  garlanded  graves.  This 
cenotaph  we  elevate  as  a  spotless,  lasting,  just  tribute  to  out  Confederate  Dead. 
Draw  ilea/  while  we  contemplate  the  special  meniorie-  which  our  mothers,  wives, 
sisters  and  daughters  have  commissioned  these  marbles  to  illustrate. 

In  its  entirety  symbolizing  the  Confederate  cause,  and  embodying  the  consoli- 
dated recollections  of  all  the  men  and  events  connected  with  cur  illustrious  strug- 
gle, this  monument  in  its  details  exhibits  particular  emblems,  and  possesses  for  us 
special  significance.  In  recognizing  and  appreciating  these  we  acquire  at  least  an 
approximate  conception  of  what  these  ladies  now  commit  to  t  te  general  keeping, 
and  prepare  ourselves  and  those  who  are  to  come  after  us  for  tne  proper  conserva- 
tion of  the  solemn  trust. 

UNVEIL  THE  STATUES. 

Around  the  base  of  this  cenotaph  we  behold  four  life-size  statues  of  pure  Car- 
rara marble.  One  of  them  proclaims  the  conspicuous  services,  and  introduces  to 
our  admiring  gaze  the  gallant  form  of  as  intrepid  a  son  as  this  county  ever  gave  to 
her  country,  or  authorized  upon  the  tented  field  to  exemplify  the  valor  of  his  na- 
tive State.  Bred  to  arms — every  inch  a  soldier — his  inspiration  kindling  with  the 
drum-beat  and  the  roar  of  m  lsketry — ab  >ve  all  fear  amid  the  shock  of  arms  and 
in  emergencies  the  most  perilous— leading  where  the  bi  tt  he  titate  to  fol- 

low, craving  nothing  save  the  honor  of  his  men  and  the  triumph  of  his  cause, 
Major-General  William  Henry  T.  Walker  achieved  a  natne  and  a  reputation  amid 


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the  everglades  of  Florida,  upon  the  plains  of  Mexico,  and  on  the  battle-fields  of 
the  Sonth,  than  which  none  mure  daring  or  brilliant  fires  the  'hearts  of  all  true 
Georgians. 

In  the  maternal  embrace  of  this  commonwealth  was  his  precious  body  enfolded 
when,  on  the  231  of  July,  13IU,  he  encountered  his  mortal  hurt  in  the  gory  en- 
gagement aiouud  Atlanta.  For  gallantry  in  Mexico  and  Florida  did  Georgia  award 
a  sword  to  her  loved  and  battle-scarred  son  while  he  lived,  and  now  that  he  is 
dead,  gentle  hands,  mindful  of  his  courage,  heroic  traits,  and  conspicuous  gallan- 
try, and  solicitous  that  the  after  generations  should  not  forget  his  knightly  bearing 
or  fail  to  emul.ite  his  self-sacrifice,  have  erected  this  statue  which  we  unveil  and 
dedicate  as  part  of  this  our  Confederate  monument,  hailing  its  presence  with 
gratitude  and  joy,  contemplating  it  with  emoti  ms  of  commingled  pride  and  sor- 
row, and  tendering  it  to  the  future  years  as  an  embodiment  of  honor  most  true, 
manhood  unquestioned,  fortitude  almost  beyond  compare,  and  loyalty  the  most 
complete. 

And  near  him  stands  another  Georgian,  in  whose  character,  life,  and  death  any 
people  might  glory.  A  distinguished  lawyer  and  successful  advocate — a  man  of 
letters,  full  of  generous  impulse  and  eager  for  the  improvement  of  his  race — a 
Chrbtian  gentleman,  and  a  citizen  public  spirited  to  the  last  degree.  Brigadier- 
Be  il  Thomas  U.  R.  Cobb  may  Be  justly  accepted  and  remembered  as  the 
highest  type  of  the  citizen  soidu-r.  When  the  primal  perils  of  the  revolution 
were  upon  us,  abandoning  his  home  a. id  profession,  without  hesitancy  placing  his 
heart  and  head  at  the  disposal  of  the  Confederacy,  and  leading  to  the  wars  as  stur- 
dy a  band  of  patriots  as  ever  drew  sabre  in  the  lists  of  freedom,  he  sought  the 
enemy  upon  thj  furthest  verge  of  the  crimson  til  :,  and  followed  the  fortunes  of 
the  Army  of  Northern  Virginia  until  that  supreme  moment  when,  from  Marye's 
Heights — spot  ever  memorable  and  glorious— his  radiant  soul  ascended  in  the 
smoke  of  battle  and  amid  the  shouts  of  victory  to  the  eternal  home  of  the  brave 
and  the  blessed.  Intimately  associated  in  his  lame  with  the  triumphs  of  the  Army 
of  Northern  Virginia — an  army  more  invincible  thai  the  Macedonian  Phalanx 
moving,  shield  touching  shield,  sixteen  deep  against  the  enemy — more  illustrious 
than  the  Old  Guard  of  the  First  Napoleon,  iis  eagles  full  high  advanced,  crushing 
with  its  thunders  the  Austrian  centre  at  Wagram.  To  have  been  a  soldier  of  that 
grand  army  n  as  a  distinguished  honor.  To  have  acceptably  discharged  the  duties 
of  a  general  officer  commanding  one  of  iis  finest  brigades  was  glorious.  To  have 
died  the  death  of  a  Christian  hero  while  aiding  in  the  consummation  of  one 
of  its  greatest  vict  iries  was  sublime. 

In  thus  paying  superior  honors  to  these  distinguished  Georgians  who  deemed  it 
nobler  to  die  in  defence  of  the  right  than  to  yield  to  the  encroachment  of  the 
wrong  and  live,  we  greet  their  statues  as  tj  pee,  i  s  r<  presentative  images  of  all  the 
commissioned  officers— brave  sons  of  this  our  City,  County,  and  Commonwealth 
— who,  in  the  crisis  of  a  nation's  fate,  gave  their  lives  tor  the  public  good.  Their 
rmrae  is  Legion,  and  their  statues,  if  fitted  up,  would  crown  a  Pantheon.  Praises 
have  they  won  which  succeeding  generations  will  account  it  a  privilege  to  repeat, 
and  their  sepulchres  will  always  be  illustrious. 

Intimately  associated  with  the  recollections  of  these  our  dead  heroes,  is  the 
fame  of  many  who  shared  with  them  the  dangers  and  privations  of  the  war,  who 
bared  their  breasts  to  the  common  enemy,  who,  while  hope  remaiued,  upheld  the 
same  banner,  and  who,  when  the  conflict  was  over,  returned  to  desolated  homes, 
bringing  their  shields  with  them. 

To  you,  Survivors  of  the  Confederate  Army  and  Navy,  we  turn  with  tenderness 
and  affection.  We  welcome  you  into  the  select  circle  of  the  honored  and  the 
loved.  We  applaud  your  endeavors  in  those  Spartan  days  now  numbered  with  a 
consecrated  past,  and  during  the  period  of  gloom  aud  oppression  which  followed 
hard  upon  the  surrender.  The  eyes  and  hopes  of  your  countrymen  are  still  upon 
you.  A  general  benizou  is  yours.  To  be  worthily  accounted  one  of  you  is  a 
proud  distinction.  In  the  name  of  these  kind  ladies  we  assure  you,  that  when  in 
the  providence  of  Him,  in  whose  hands  are  the  issues  of  life  and  death,  you  shall 
rejoin  the  companionsnip  of  the  good  and  brave  who  have  gone  before — the 
good  and  the  brave  whom  you  knew  and  supported  in  the  hour  of  peril,  and 
whose  memories  «e  this  day  celebrate — your  virtues  will  encircle  these  marbles 
with  an  additional  halo;  and,  snatched  from  the  forgetfulness  of  the  grave,  your 
achievements  will  be  treasured  and  heralded  by  Ibis  canonizing  monument. 


AUGTtSTA,  GEORGIA.  « 

To  the  Roman  heart,  the  image  of  Floratius  in  his  harness,  halting  upon  one 
knee,  anil  reminding  every  beholder. 

"  How  valiantly  he  kept  the  bridge 
Tn  the  brave  d:iyt*  of  old," 

was  as  dear  as  the  graves  of  Ihe  stout  guards,  who  patriotically,    although   vainly 
strove  to  deliver  Janieulum  from  the  ruin  wrought  by  Astur. 

Ami,  my  countrymen,  whoof  all  this  vast  multitude  cau  give  adequate  mterance 
to  the  universal  joy  and  profound  emotions  of  commingled  love,  grief,  and  admi- 
ration which  possess  our  souls  upon  unveiling  the  statues  of  our  great  captains, 
Stonewall  Jackson  and  Robert  E.  Lee?  Could  I  at  this  moment  consult  my  own 
wishes,  I  would  invoke  the  thunder  of  cannon  and  your  united  acclamations  in 
heroic  conduct  of  this  part  of  our  august  ceremonies.  In  hailing  the  dedication 
in  our  midst  of  these  marble  images  of  our  Confederate  leaders,  and  in  the  at- 
tempt even  feebly  to  recount  the  glories  which  appertain  to  each  of  them,  we  find 
ourselves,  in  the'language  of  the  eloquent  Bosauet  when  pronouncing  his  splendid 
eulosy  upon  the  Prince  of  Conde,  "overwhelmed  by  the  greatness  of  the  thjme 
and  The  Heedlessness  of  the  task."  What  part  of  the  habitable  world  has  not 
heard  of  their  victories  and  the  wonders  of  their  lives  ?  Everywhere  they  are 
rehearsed.  Their  countrymen  in  extolling  them  can  give  no  information  even  to 
the  stranger.  And,  although  I  may  remind  you  of  them,  yet  everything  I  could 
say  would  be  anticipated  by  your  thoughts,  and  I  should  suffer  the  reproach  of 
falling  far  below  them.  Of  their  unsullied  honor,  exalted  greatness,  lofty  natures, 
unselfish  spirit,  pure,  chivalrous,  religious  characters,  constancy .upatrioiism,  valor, 
devotion  to  duty,  military  abilities,  and  magnificent  exploits,  no  estimate  can  be 
exaggerated.  If  an  Englishman  hesitates  not  to  affirm  that  a  country  which  has 
given  birth  to  these  men  and  to  those  who  followed  l hem  may  look  the  chivalry 
of  the  Old  World  in  the  face  without  shame,  for  the  father  lands  of  Sidney  and 
Bayard  never  produced  better  soldiers,  truer  gentlemen,  or  sincerer  Christians, 
what  shall  be  our  eulogium  ?  What  euconium  can  content  us  who  exulted  in  their 
leadership,  caught  the  inspiration  of  their  presence  and  acts,  witnessed  their  self- 
sacrifice,  participated  in  their  triumphs,  loved  the  land  for  whose  salvation  they 
fought,  and  mourned  their  deaths  with  a  bitter  lamentation  ? 

Jackson,  the  right  arm  of  Lee,  our  military  meteor  streaming  upward  and  on- 
ward in  an  unbroken  track  of  light  and  ascending  to  the  skies  in  the  zenith  of  his 
fame,  was  indeed  a  hero  "  whose  name  will  last  to  the  end  of  time  as  an  instance 
of  the  combination  of  the  most  adventurous  and  felicitous  daring  as  a  soldier, 
the  most  self-sacrificing  devotion  as  a  patriot,  and  the  most  exalted  character  as  a 
man  ;  one  who  could  unite  the  virtues  of  the  Cavalier  and  of  the  Round  Head 
without  the  faults  of  either,  and  be  at  once  a  Havelock  and  a  Garabaldi,"  and 
greater  thau  them  both. 

Of  Lee,  the  most  distinguished  representative  of  a  cause  which  electrified  the 
civilized  world  by  the  grandeur  of  its  sacrifices,  the  dignity  and  rectitude  of  its 
aims,  the  nobility  of  its  pursuit,  and  the  magnitude  and  brilliancy  of  the  deeds 
performed  in  its  support,  what  can  we  say  save  that  he  was  "the  most  stainless 
of  earthly  commanders,  and,  except  in  fortune,  the  greatest."  Him  do  we  accept 
and  hold  but  to  the  present  and  the  future  as  the  highest  type  of  the  Southern 
gentleman.  In  his  noble  person,  dignified  carriage,  refined  manners,  cultivated 
address,  calm  self-possession,  and  intellectual  and  moral  endo  wments,  we  recog- 
nize the  culmination  of  our  patriarchal  civilization.  Him  do  we  offer  as  the 
goodliest  representative  of  Confederate  valor,  loyalty  and  chivalry.  Him  do  we 
present  as  the  embodiment  of  all  that  was  highest,  truest,  grandest,  alike  in  the 
hour  of  triumph  and  in  the  day  of  defeat. 

Him  do  we  proclaim  our  great  Captain,  our  Examplar. 

It  is  a  perennial  glory  that  our  cause  summoned  to  its  support  two  such  cham- 
pions. Their  lives,  characters  and  act1  we  interpose  as  a  potent  shield  against  the 
shafts  of  ignorance,  calumny  and  falsehood  ;  as  a  justification,  a  triumphant  vin- 
dication of  our  aims  and  conduct  when  the  Red  Cross  claimed  and  received  the 
allegiance  of  our  land. 

Welcome  ye  statues  of  the  good  and  great,  and  abide  forever  in  our  midst. 
Thrice  welcome,  precious  memories  of  Lee  and  Jackson  and  Walker  and  Cobb, 
and  all  the  compatriots  who  united  with  you  in  the  leadership  of  our  armies,   and 


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in  the  brave  effort  to  maintain   Confederate  rights.     Tour    record    is    complete. 
Time,  which 

*  •        "  lays  his  hand 

On  pyramids  of  brass,  and  ruins  quite 
What  all  the  fond  artificers  did  think 
Immortal    workmanship," 

can  here  find  no  apt  images  for  his  iconoclastic  touch. 

Hither  will  manly  forms  repair  to  renew  their  allegiance,  and  here  will  unborn 
generations  learn  the  truth  of  history,  ana  reverence  tin-  cause  which  enlisted  such 
exalted  sympathies. 

And  now,  above  Brigidier-General ,  Major-General,  and  Lieutenant-General, 
and  full  General,  yea.  upon  the  very  summit  of  this  imposing  cenotaph,  see  the 
manly  form  of  the  private  soldier  of  the  Confederate  army  ;  the  eloquent  embodi- 
ment of  the  spirit  and  prowess  alike  of  this  County  and  State,  and  of  all  the 
sleeping  hosts  who,  in  our  crusade  for  freedom,  gave  their  lives  to  country,  and  a 
record  to  history  than  which  none  more  conspicuous  dignifies  the  annals  of  civil- 
ized warfare.  In  this  attitude  of  parade  rest,  in  this  elevation  far  above  the  hum 
of  every  day  life  and  the  busy  care  of  mortals,  we  recognize  the  palin  genesis 
from  a  vale  of  smoke  and  sacrifice  ami  blood  ami  death,  to  the  abode  of  peace 
and  eternal    repose. 

With  a  pathos  entirely  its  own  does  this  statue  appeal  to  our  hearts  and  rivit  our 
attention,  for  who  is  there  in  this  vast  concourse  who  does  not  recognize  in  this 
calm  marble  the  symbol  of  some  lather,  son,  husband,  brother,  friend,  who.  fresh- 
lipped  and  full  ot  ardor,  left  us  when  the  trumpet  summoned  patriots  to  the  field, 
and  came  not  home  again  when  in  the  end  the  martial  gray  was  exchanged  for  the 
habiliments  of  mourning,  and  the  Stars  and  Bats,  borne  alofl  so  long  and  so  well, 
went  down  in  the  dust  and  carnage  of  the  strife  ;   went   down, 

*  *     "  for  the  hands  that  grasped  it. 
And  the  hearts  that  ton  lly  clasped  it 
Cold  and  dead  are  lying  low  ; 

And  that  Banner  it  is   trailing, 
While  ronnd  it  Bounds  the   wailing 
Of  it's  people  in  their   woe  ; 
For,  though  conquered,  they  adore  it, 
Love  the  cold,  dead  bauds  that  bore  it. 
Weep  for  those  who  fell  before  it." 

In  the  grand  processions  made  by  the  Athenians  in  honor  of  their  soldiers  killed 
in  action,  was  borne  a  sumptuous  bier,  unite  empty,  in  honor  of  those  whose 
bodies  could  not  be  found  or  identified  among  the  slain.  To-day  we  exalt  this  cha- 
racteristic eidolon  in  perpetual  recollection  of  the  non-commissioned  officers  and 
privates,  kuown  and  unknown,  recorded  anil  unrecorded,  recovered  or  lost,  who 
fell  in  the  Confederate  ranks 

While  specially  designed  to  stand  as  the  monumental  type  of  all  the  good  and 
true  sons  of  Richmond  County  who  died  without  commission  while  fighting  for 
country  and  right,  this  image,  in  its  catholic  scope  and  far-reaching  design,  may 
be  claimed  for  every  Confederate  who  fills  a  bumble  and,  perchance,  an  unmarked 
grave,  whether  he  sleep  in  some  distant  aud  secluded  spot  within  the  wide  bor- 
ders once  our  own,  whether  his  patriot  blood  was  shed  on  foreign  soil  or  upon  the 
broad  ocean,  or  whether  his  poor  body  sickened  aud  died  in  Federal  prison,  camp 
or  hospital. 

If  it  be  true,  as  many  believe,  that  the  inmates  of  the  spirit  world  take  note  of 
transactions  here  which  concern  them  nearly  aud  are  calculated,  as  one  might 
think  and  not  irreverently,  to  minister  to  the  happiness  which  prevails  in  that 
home  of  perpetual  light  aud  love,  who  shall  say  that  there  are  not,  iu  the  Heavens 
above  us,  angelic  eyes  regarding  with  favor  these  our  loj'al  ceremonies,  and  saint- 
ly voices  sanctioning  this  our  tribute  to  earthly  valor  ? 

By  the  voiceless,  yet  potent  alchemy  of  our  own  hearts,  we  transmute  this  cold 
marble  into  a  warm,  breathing  entity,  radiant  with  attractions  unutterable,  and 
memories  beyond  enumeration. 

.Eminently  appropriate  does  it  appear  that  the  crowning  object  of  this  cenotaph 
should  signify  our  appreciation  and  gratitude  for  the  devotion,  the  patriotism,  the 
self-denial,  the  privations,  the  labors  and  the  triumphs  of  the  private  soldiers  of 
the   Confederacy.     At    best,  it  is  but  an  adumbration  of  what  we  feel  and  desire. 


ADGTJSTA,  GEORGIA.  3? 

It  is  deservedly  our  boast  that  no  mercenary  element,  no  adventitious  aids  enter- 
ed into  the  composition  of  our  armies.  They  were  drawn  from  the  bosom  of  the 
Confederacy,  and  were  the  aggregation  of  the  manhood,  the  intelligence,  and  the 
noblest  passions  of  our  land.  Animated  by  impulses  and  aims  unusual  in  the  his- 
tory even  of  defensive  wars,  our  soldiers  possessed  an  appreciation  of  the  issues 
involved,  and  acknowledged  amoral  and  personal  accountability  in  the  conduct  of 
the  contest,  which  rendered  their  acts  and  utterances  remarkable  under  the  cir- 
cumstances. They  were  in  very  deed  the  representatives  of  the  rights,  the  pro- 
perty, the  intellectual  and  moral  worth,  the  resolution  and  the  honor  of  the  Con- 
federacy. "  Wonderful  tiffin  !  What  age  or  country  has  produced  their  equals?" 
No  marvel  that  we  had  great  leaders.  They  are  begotten  of  worthy  subalterns, 
and  are  made  illustrious  by  the  achievements  of  those  whom  they  command. 
While  it  is  true  that  the  discipline  and  efficiency  of  an  army  are  in  a  great  mea- 
sure due  to  the  ability  of  the  chief,  it  is  equally  beyond  dispute  that  in  the  last 
analysis  we  must  rely  upon  the  individual  manhood,  the  clear  apprehension,  the 
indomitable  will,  the  personal  pride,  and  the  inherent  bravery  of  the  troops  for  the 
highest  exhibitions  of  heroic  action  and  patient  endurance.  "  I  am  commissioned 
by  the  President  to  thank  you,  in  the  name  of  the  Confederate  States,  for  the  un- 
dying fame  you  have  won  for  their  arms."  Thus  did  General  Lee,  by  published 
order,  acknowledge  the  general  obligation.  Earth  from  her  past  and  present  can 
furnish  no  higher  illustrations  of  fortitude,  no  loftier  examples  of  self-denial,  no 
surer  pi  oofs  of  patriotic  devotion  than  were  exhibited  in  the  lives,  acts  and  deaths 
of  the  private  soldiers  of  the  Confederate  revolution. 

Meet  it  is,  that  their  virtues  and  the  honors  they  have  won  should  here  find 

"A  frosted  residence  'gainst   the  tooth  of  time^ 
And  rasure  of  oblivion." 

Deeply  graven  on  this  enduring  monument,  open  to  the  light  of  Heaven,  and 
to  be  known  and  read  of  all  men,  we  record  this  sentiment  in  honor  of  our  Con- 
federate dead  :  "  Worthy  to  have  lived  and  known  our  gratitude;  worthy  to  be 
hallowed  and  held  in  tender  remembrance  ;  worthy  the  fadeless  fame  which  Confed- 
erate soldiers  won  who  gave  themselves  in  life  and  death  for  tts.  for  the  honor  of 
Georgia,  for  the  rights  of  the  States,  for  the  liberties  of  the  people,  for  the  senti- 
ments of  the  South,  for  the  principles  of  the  Union,  as  these  were  handed  down  to 
them  by  the  fathers  of  our  common  country." 

Wuile  the  names  of  our  chief  captains  survive  and  are  preserved  on  the  lists 
of  fame,  scant  is  the  memory  of  those  who  bore  their  banners,  and  by  t.eir  toil 
and  blood  purchased  the  victories  which  made  their  commanders  immortal.  His- 
tory furnishes  numerous  instances  of  proof  of  this  assertion,  and  the  record  ot 
our  Confederate  war  offers  no  exception. 

Miltiades,  Aristides,  and  the  war-ruler  Callimachus  are  remembered  as  the 
heroes  of  that  decisive  engagement  which  broke  the  spelj  of  Persian  invincibility-, 
preserved  for  mankind  the  intellectual  treasures  of  Athens,  and  paved  the  way 
for  the  liberal  enlightenment  of  the  Western  world.  The  ten  columns  erected  on 
the  plains  of  Marathon,  whereon  were  engraven  the  names  of  those  whose  glory 
it  was  to  have  fallen  in  the  great  Battle  of  Liberation,  have  long  since  perished. 
Their  inscriptions  are  dust,  and  nothing  now.  save  a  rude  earth-mound,  marks  the 
spot  where  the  noblest  heroes  of  antiquity — the   Marathonomakoi — repose. 

For  more  than  twenty  centuries  have  the  victories  of  Alexander  the  Great 
astounded  the  world.  Will  the  student  of  history  recall  the  name  of  a  single  pri- 
vate in  the  celebrated  Macedonian  Phalanx  ?  And  yet,  it  was  by  the  indomitable 
valor,  the  unswerving  discipline,  and  the  heroic  endura  ce  of  the  veterans  who 
composed  it,  that  the  fiery  conqueror  established  his  universal  empire. 

To  j.,ivius  and  Nero — the  heroes  of  the  Metaurus — public  triumphs  were  de- 
creed by  the  Koman  Senate  ;  but  where  is  the  roster  of  the  brave  men  who 
achieved    the   victory? 

Arminius  has  been  well-nigh  diefied,  but  who  has  erected  statues  to  the  lion- 
hearted  Germans  who  overcame  the  Legions  under  Varus  ? 

Priscus  has  left  us  a  portrait  of  the  Royal  Hun,  but  tradition  preserves  no 
muster-roll  of  his  followers  who,  upon  the  ample  plaius  of  Chalons,  met  and 
overcame  the  confederate  armies  of  the  Romans  and  Visigaths  ? 

Who  was  that  Saxon  wrestler,  with  his  heavy  hatchet,  in  the  battle  of  Hast- 
ings, doing  great  mischief  to  the  Normans,  and  well-nigh  striking  off  the  head  of 
Duke  Wiwain  himself  ?    Jlen  of  Kent  and  Essex,  who  fought  so  wondrous  well, 


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where  are  your  graves  ?  Beet  friends  of  the  brave  Harold,  who  tallied  longest 
around  the  golden  standam  and  plied  so  valiantly  the  ghastly  Mow  in  defense  ot 
home  and  patriot  King,  have  your  names  been  forgotten  by  the  Muse  of 
history  ? 

Admiral  Buchanan  we  remember  and  revere,  but  who  will  name  the  crew  of 
the  Virginia — that  iron  diadfm  >t  th<  South,  whose  thunders  in  Hampton  Roads 
consumed  the  Cumberland,  ovi  name  the  Congress,  put  fo  flight  the  Federal  navy, 
and  achieved  a  victory  the  novelty  and  grauduer  of  which  convulsed  the  maritime 
nations  of  the  work!  ' 

The  leader  lives,  while  the  memory  of  the  subordinate  actors  survives  only  in 
the  general  recollectiou  of  the  event.  In  the  very  nature  of  things  it  happens 
that 

"'  A  thousand  glorious  actions  that   might  claim 

Triumphant  laurels  and  immortal  fame. 

Confused  in  clouds  of  glorious  action  lie. 

And  troops  of  heroes  undistinguished  die." 

Because  this  is  so  ;  because  we  desire  in  the  present  and  for  all  lime  to  render 
honor  to  all  who.  without  reward,  and  amid  privations  au  1  perils  the  most  appall- 
ing, in  comparative  obscurity  bore  the  brunt  of  our  battles  and  won  our  victories  : 
because  our  wish  is  that  none,  however  humble,  who  followed  the  Red  Cross  to 
the  death,  should  lie  without  stone  cr  epitaph,  do  we  now  exalt  this  statue  of  the 
private  soldier,  and  dedicate  this  monument  to  our  Confederate  dead. 

*     *     "  We  give  in  charge 

Their  names  to  the  sweet  Lyre.     The  Historic  Muse, 

Proud  of  the  treasure,  marches  -with  it  down 

To  latest  times  ;  and  Sculpture, Jin  her  turn, 

(iives  bond  in  stone  and  ever-dnring  brass, 

To  guard  them  and  to  immortalize  her  trust." 

What  we  here  consecrate  we  enjoin  upon  our  descendants  to  preserve  unim- 
paired. For  nearly  five  hundred  years  have  Swiss  peasants  annually  repaired  to 
the  field  of  Sempach,  and,  assembling  around  the  four  crosses  which  mark  the 
spot  where  the  victory  was  won  which  secured  the  indep  tndence  of  their  homes, 
rehearsed  the  narrative  of  the  battle,  read  aloud  the  roll  of  the  two  hundred  who 
gave  their  lives  to  the  cause,  chanted  anthems  iu  honor  of  the  slain,  and  renewed 
their  vows  ta country  and  to  freedom.  Will  the  sons  of  Confederate  sires  prove 
less  observant  of  their  obligations  to  the  memory  of  our  illustrious  dead? 

These  marbles  testify  of  truth,  justice,  liberty,  self-sacrifice,  valor,  loyalty, 
manhood,  love  of  country,  and  are  a  worship  in  themselves. 

Citizens  of  Richmond  County,  behold  the  monument  which  the  loves  and  the 
labors  of  these  nobie  women  have  builded,  and  which  they  now  commit  to  your 
keeping.  Guard  holily  the  prei  iotis  gift.  Receive  it  as  the  embodiment  of  all 
you  esteem  most  dear  in  a  glorious  past.  Suffer  not  one  stone  to  perish  from  out 
its  fair  proportions.  Maintain  it  as  a  living  pledge  of  your  devotion  to  all  that  is 
pure,  patriotic,  chivalrous,  and  of  high  repute.  Revere  it  as  the  mausoleum  of 
our  great  and  Confederate  dead.     And, 

"  When  the  long  years  have  rolled  slowly  away, 

E'en  to  the  dawn  of  earth's  funeral   day  ; 

When  at  the  Archangel's  trumpet  and  tread 

Rise  up  the  faces  and  forms  of  the  dead  ; 

When  the  great  world  its  last  judgment  awaits, 

When  the  blue  sky  shall  swing  open  the   gates 

And  our  long  columns  inarch  silently  through 

Past  the  Great   Captain  for  final  review, 

Then  from  the  blood  that  has  flowed  for  the  right 

Crowns  shall  spring  upward,   untarnished  and  bright  ; 

Then  the  glad  ears  of  each  war-martyred  sou. 

Proudly  shall  hear  the  good  tiding  —  '  Well  done.' 

Blessing  for  garlands  shall  cover  them  over. 

Parent  and  husband,  and  brother  and  lover: 

God  shall  reward  these  dead  heroes  of  ours, 

And  cover  them  over  with  beautiful  flowers." 


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During  the  address  Colonel  Jones  was  frequently  interrupted  by  applause,  and 
many  times  tears  stood  in  eves  unused  to  weeping.  At  the  conclusion,  Colonel 
.runes  was  approached  liy  numbers  of  Friends,  who  shook  his  hands  and  congratu- 
lated him  upon  his  grand  production.  It  was  universally  pronounced  to  be  one  of 
the  finest  addresses  ever  delivered  in  Augusta.  At  the  words,  "  Unveil  the 
statues."  Messrs.  L.  A.  Piequrt,  R.  J.  Wilson.  William  M.  Dunbar  and  S.  R. 
Clark  pulled  away  the  veil,  and  the  monument  stood  uncovered  amid  the  cheers 
of  the  vast  multitude 

The  exercises  closed  with  the  following  prayer  by  the  Kev.  C.  C.  Williams 

Almighty  God,  Father  of  all  mercies,  we,  Thy  unworthy  servants,  do  give 
Thee  most  humble  and  hearty  thanks  for  all  Thy  goodness  and  loving  kindness  to 
us  and  to  all  men.  More  especially  do  we  bless  and  thank  Thee  this  day  for  the 
good  examples  uf  all  those,  our  countrymen,  who,  at  the  call  of  duty,  were  con- 
tent to  go  forth  aud  die.  Grant,  we  pray  Thee,  that  their  name  and  their  fame 
may  be  ever  fresh  in  the  hearts  of  a  grateful  people,  and  that  their  children's 
childreu  may  rise  up  to  bless  and  honor    them. 

Blessed  be  Thy  name.  0  Lord  God.  that  it  has  pleased  Thee  to  put  it  into  the 
hearts  of  these  Thy  servants  to  build  here  an  everlasting  memorial  of  our  Con- 
federate dead,  to  place  this  living  crown  of  beauty  upon  the  cold  brows  of  those 
who  were   "  faithful  unto  death." 

Guard  it,  we  beseech  Thee,  from  all  evil  powers  of  the  air.  that  no  blast  of 
the  lightning  may  come  nigh  to  hurt  it  and  no  fury  of  the  storm  to  cast  it  down. 
If  the  noise  of  war  or  tumult  or  sedition  be  heard  again  in  our  laud,  and  the  wild 
passions  of  men  shall  su'ge  aud  swell  through  these  now  peaceful  streets,  grant 
that,  as  the  flaming  sword  of  cherubims  turned  every  way  to  guant  the  Tree  of 
Life,  so  Thy  watchful  care  and  Providence  may  be  round  about  this  marble  plinth 
that  no  unholy  hand  may  ever  he  lifted  up  against  this  fair  memorial  of  our  hon- 
ored dead.  Grant  that  it  may  stand  here  a  sign  and  a  witness  to  all  generations 
forever.  As  its  marble  shaft  towers  up  pure  and  white  from  the  very  midst  of 
the  crowded  street,  looking  down  upon  the  seething,  busy  life  of  trade  that  roars 
all  day  about  its  base,  may  i!  speak  to  us  from  the  lofty  heights  of  its  calm  repose 
and  tell  us  by  sunlight  and  starlight  how  noble  it  is  to  do  one's  duty.  _jMay  the 
martial  memories  of  Wellington  and  Nelson  mingle  with  tln^  of  naAivn  he- 
roes, and  echo  through  the  light  and  through  the  darkness  thaUsubli me  lesson  of 
duty  done  in  the  very    teeth    of  death. 

When  all  through  the  busy  hour-,  men  an-  hurrying  past  it  in  their  feverish 
race  for  gain,  when  the  hard  driven  bargain  and  the  false  weight  and  the  deceitful 
balances  are  changing  men's  hearts  and  consciences  into  the  world's  hard  coin, 
even  here  within  the  shadow  of  its  purity,  may  they  stop  one  moment  to  read  the 
story  that  is  carve. I  cm  yonder  stones,  an  1  feel  their  selfishness  rebuked  May  the 
thought  of  those  who  gave  up  lite  and  all  for  their  country  teach  them  the  golden 
lesson  of  humanity  that  men  love  their  fellow-men. 

If,  sometimes,  in  the  darkuess  of  the  night,  the  outcast  or  the  profligate  shall 
pass  this  way  ;  if  the  life  that  has  been  wrecked  <>f  its  purity  and  its  hopes  shall 
stand,  perhaps,  in  the  shaded  corners  of  yonder  street— seeing  uo  future  but  de- 
spair, and  seeking  only  to  Sleep  its  If  more  deeply  still  in  vice — then  may  this, 
marble  pillar  gleam  out  whitely  in  the  darkness ;  may  it  rise  up  there  before 
them,  like  the  fair  phantom  oi  thetr  lost  inn  ocenne,  may  they  be  beckoned  to 
draw  near  that  they,  too,  may  read  the  story  that  is  carved  upon  these  sculptured 
panels.  .May  that  story  of  lives  laid  down  that  other  men  might  live,  give  them 
fresh  faith  and  courage  to  redeem  their  own.  And  as  they  see  this  towering  col- 
umn pointing  ever  to  the  sky,  may  their  hearts  be  lifted  hiiherward,  and  their 
stained  and  sinful  lives  be  led  to  Him — Who  gave  His  own  most  precious  life  for 
them  and  us — Thine  oni\r  .Sun.  our  Lord. 

If  a  time  shall  ever  come  when  Thy  people  shall  fall  away  from  that  faith  in 
which  these  brave  men  died  ;  if.  when  they  have  beaten  their  swords  into  plough- 
shares and  their  spears  into  pruning  honks,  their  love  of  country  and  of  duty 
shall  grow  cold  ;  or  if  distress  and  trouble  come  upon  Thy  people  and  men's 
hearts  fail  them,  as  they  look  abroad  and  see  the  storm  cloud  gathering  about 
them,  then  let  them  turn  their  faces  to  this  spot  which  we  have  hallowed,  toward 
this  monument  which  we  have  dedicated  to  our  dead.  Let  this  stately  column  be 
to  them  a  pillar  of  fire  to  cheer  and  to  lead  tbtfm  in  tbe  day  of  their  despondency 
and  gloom.  Lot  those  noble  forms,  which  sttthd  like  sleepless  sentinels  gurrding 
the  honor  of  their  comrades  fame,  speak  to  the  four  corners  of  the  earth  and  let 


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their  words  lie  borne,  like  the  blast  of  an  archangel's  trumpet,  upon  the  four 
winds  of  Heaven,  and  tell  throughout  the  world  how  grand  and  how  noble  it  is  to 
die,  even  for  a  Cause  which  men  call  Lost.  And  so  through  all  the  ages,  in  the 
brave  times  of  prosperity,  and  in  the  faint-hearted  times  of  adversity,  let  this  state- 
ly pile  stand  like  "  the  smitten  rock  in  the  desert,  round  which  the  people  gather- 
ed in  their  thir-t. " 

And  now,  O  Lord,  we  commend  it  and  all  its  sacred  memories  into  Thy  holy 
keeping.  If  any  angry  or  bitter  or  revengeful  ihought  be  in  our  hearts  to-day  a-s 
we  st, Hid  here  to  commemorate  our  dead,  let  it  not  stain  or  sully  the  purity  of  the 
offering  which  we  hare  made  and  reared  to  their  name,  but  hear  ["hou  in  heaven, 
Thy  dwelling  place,  and  when  Thou  nearest,  forgive!  Grant  that  the  burning 
words  of  eloquence  which  we  have  heard  this  day  may  be  so  crafted  in  our 
beans,  that  Hey  bring  forth  in  us  the  fruit  of  an  earnest  and  unselfish  life.  Pour 
out  Thy  blessing,  o  Lord,  npon  this  our  laud,  and  especially  upon  this  common- 
wealth of  ours.  Bless  u<  in  the  city  and  in  the  field,  in  our  going  out  and  coming 
in,  thai  "  peace  and  happiness,  truth  and  justice,  religion  and  piety  may  be  es- 
tablished  among  us  tor  all  generations.'1  All  of  which  we  ask,  in  ilis  name  who 
gave  His  life  I  ira  world's  transgressions,  Thy  Sou,  Jesus  Christ,  our  Lord.   Amen. 

The  ceremonies  closed  bj  benediction  by  Rev  J.  S.  Lamar. 

At  tiie  conclusion  of  the  ceremonies,  the  crowd  gradually  dispersed.  The 
Washington  Artillery  Bred  a  salute  of  thirteen  guns  at  the  commencement  and  the 
end  of  the  exercises.  The  Battalion  rested  on  arms  aud  saluted  the  monument 
before  leaving  the  ground. 

The  military  di-play  was  the  largest  that  has  been  seen  in  Augusta  since  the 
war. 

A  large  flag.  73  feet  long,  decorated  the  front  of  the  establishment  of 
Messrs.  G.  O.  Robinson  &  Co.  At  each  end  was  a  ha  tie  flag,  and  in  the  centre 
the  regular  Confederate  flag.  Across  the  whole  was  the  inscription,  "  All  honor 
to  lhe"L.  M.  A.     Their  Work  Complete." 

Captain  II  L.  Leon  wore  the  uniform  coat  which  he  had  on  when  he  was 
woun  It  d  at  G.  ttv-l.iug. 

Ilon.ffc.  11  StM«.-ns  was  in  the  city,  at  the  Central  Hotel,  but  could  not 
join  in  the  cetvnonwE  on  account  of  the  extreme  cold  weather. 

Mrs.  Stonewall  Jackson,  who  occupied  a  seat  on  the  platform,  was  approach- 
ed after  the  ceremouies  by  a  number  of  ex-Confederates,  who  respectfully  shook 
hands   with  her. 


AUGUSTA,  GEORGIA.  8t 


CARD  TO  THE  PUBLIC — FROM  THE  OFFICERS  OF  THE  LADIES    MEMORIAL 
ASSOCIATION,    NOVEMBER  7TH,      I  878. 

After  ten  years'  varied  experiences  of  anxiety,  fear  and  hope,  the  loving  task 
assumed  by  the  Memorial  Association — that  of  earing  for  the  graves  of  Confederate 
soldiers  and  erecting  a  Monument  in  honor  of  them — is  accomplished,  and  the 
memories  of  those  men  especially  who  went  from  our  hea~ts  and  homes  to  die  in 
the  cause  of  the  Confederate  States,  have  become  eudnringly  perpetuated,  in 
marble  and  stone,  as  they  have  ever  been  most  sacredly  enshrined  in  the  hearts  of 
our  faithful  women.  The  general  approval  of  this  memorial  work  amply  com- 
pensates our  ladies  forany  efforts  exerted  by  them  for  its  completion. 

If  those  of  our  citizens  who  think  these  efforts  have  been  long  protracted  will 
remember  that  the  Association  organized  amid  the  distresses  and  desolations  of 
broken  hearts  and  fortunes,  consequent  upon  the  termination  of  a  most  disastrous 
war;  that  very  soon  thereafter  it  lost  by  death  both  its  President  and  Vice-Presi- 
dent, leaving  but  one  officer,  the  Secretary  and  Treasurer,  who,  during  the  first 
five  years,  received  from  all  sources  only  $458  12— we  are  sure  they  will,  with  a 
patient  public,  properly  estimate  the  success  of  the  society  since  its  reorganization 
in  1873  (a  year  of  universal  financial  panic)  to  the  present  date,  when  the  results 
are  seen  in  a  large  granite-enclosed  "  Soldiers'  Cemetery,"  with  its  hundreds  of 
marble  tombstones,  adornments  of  choicest  Mowers,  shrubs,  fountain  and  sodded 
beds  arranged  at  an  outlay  of  $2,606  46;  a  memorial  Monument  of  Italian  marble, 
76  feet  high,  acknowledged  to  be  the  handsomest  in  the  whole  country,  erected  at 
a  cost  of  $  17,331  34.  and  with  these  expenses  promptly  met,  a  remaining  fund  of 
$•579  68  still  in  the  treasury. 

The  enthusiastic  co-operation  of  a  generous  public,  after  its  reorganization, 
enabled  the  Association  to  accomplish  this  sum  of  $20.!)3t  04,  for  the  most  part — 
except  interest  accumulated  since — in  three  years,  as  during  tflH^ast  two^ears  no 
demands  have  been  made  upon  our  citizens,  but  on  the  contrary,  numerous  benefits 
offered  have  been  kindly  declined  by  the  ladies  in  consideration  of  the  times. 

From  the  earliest  formation  of  the  Association,  it  has  ever  been  our  desire  as 
its  officers  to  give  general  satisfaction  to  citizens,  as  far  as  was  compatible  with  our 
views  of  right  and  the  maintenance  of  harmony  among  ourselves;  therefore, 
when  we  recall  how  those  who  sometimes  differed  from  us  in  opinions  would  grace- 
fully yield  to  our  wishes,  relinquishing  preconceived  ideas  in  our  favor;  and  how 
that,  in  all  our  colaboring  as  ladies,  not  one  discordant  element  has  arisen,  sincerest 
gratitude  for  the  long  continued  forbearance  and  encouragement  of  friends  and 
highest  appreciation  of  their  oft  repeated  generosity  find  deepest  lodgment  in  our 
hearts. 

Now  that  the  memorial  work  is  finished,  the  congratulatory  commendations  of 
our  own  people,  and  the  expressions  of  admiration  elicited  by  the  Monument  from 
visiting  strangers,  who  have  been  pleased  to  compliment  its  appearance,  give  rise 
to  such  commingled  emotions  of  gratefulness  and  pride,  that  it  is  with  hearts  un- 
utterably full  we  commit  to  our  community  this  soldiers'  memorial — completed, 
dedicated,  and  untrammeled  by  debt. 

Inasmuch  as  we  have  not  sufficient  funds  to  purchase  an  iron  railing  for  the 
Monument,  do  we  more  especially  leave  this  sacred  charge  in  the  hands  of  the  city 
police,  who  have  from  time  to  time  given  both  vecuniary  and  personal  aid  to  our 
Association,  trusting  that  they  and  all  citizens  will  respond  to  the  one  remaining 
request  we  make  that  they  will  unite  with  us  in  protecting  this  cenotaph  from 
desecration  or  abuse,  and  in  remembrance  of  the  heroes  w  hose  statues  it  bears,  and 
whose  deeds  it  commemorates,  regard  and  guard  as  consecrated  ground  the  spot  on 
which  it  stands. 

As  we  propose  to  perpetuate  this  organization  for  the  future  care  of  the 
Soldiers'  Cemetery  and  the  preservation  of  the  Monument,  we  cordially  invite  all 
friends  to  co-operate  with  us'  annually  (on  the  26lh  April;  in  keeping  alive  the 
memories  of  the  Confederate  dead,  by  visiting  graves  of  those  buried  in  our  midst, 
and  decorating  with  spring  flowers  both  [hem  an>the  Monument  erected  by  us  to 
the  soldier  dead  from  our  own  tamiliea. 


3$.  CONFEDERATE  MONUMENT 

We  take  this  opportunity  to  inform  our  friends  again  that  the  Memorial  Book 
containing  the  constitution  list  of  officers,  members,  contributions,  minutes  of  all 
the  general  meetings,  ami  the  Treasurer's  account  with  the  Association,  may  be  in- 
spected at  an>  time  by  persons  so  desiring,  and  also  to  >tate  that  any  names  inad- 
vertently omitted  will  be  gladly  added  to  the  lists.  The  memorial  records  have 
been  most  artistically  arranged  and  faithfully  kept  by  Augusta's  fatuous  instructor 
in  penmanship  and  book-keeping,  Mr.  J.  AJma  Pelot,  whose  inestimable  services 
to  the  Association  for  many  years  entitle  him  to  the  grateful  appreciation  of  the 
while  community. 

On  behalf  of  our  ladies,  we  desire  to  express  heartfelt  thanks  to  Mr.  T.  Mark- 
waiter,  whose  clo.-e  attention  to  and  energetic  skill  in  building  the  monument  de- 
serves highest  appreciation  ;  also  to  all  persons  who  in  any  way  aided  to  secure  the 
success  attending  the  recent  celebration  of  the  day  appointed  for  ••unveiling"  their 
Confederate  Monument.  The  Committee,  who  so  efficiently  arranged  and  carried 
out  the  programme  tor  that  occasion  relieving  us  of  all  responsibility  and  expense, 
and  all  persons  who  contributed  to  the  necessary  fund,  extended  favors,  or  made 
donations  of  any  kind,  upon  that  day,  have  our  heartiest  acknowledgments  for 
their  aid.  and  are  herein  assured  that  these  kindnesses  will  ever  be  gratefully 
remembered. 

Profound  indebtedness  is  felt  by  each  one  of  us  to  Colonel  C.  C.  Jones,  Jr., 
Iv-v.  C.  A.  Evans,  Rev.  C.  C.  Williams  and  Rev.  J.  S.  Lamar,  for  the  magnificent 
dedicatory  address,  the  beautifully  appropriate  prayers,  and  earnest  benediction, 
each  a  complete  part  of,  and  all  blending  most  perfectly  to  make  the  "  unveiling 
ceremonies"  memorable,  as  grand  and  solemn  tributes  to  our  Confederate  dead. 

To  his  Excellency  Governor  A.  H.  Colquitt.  Hon.  A.  H.  Stephens,  General 
G.  J.  Wright,  and  o'herdistinguished  persons  whose  presence  graced  the  occasion, 
to  all  home  and  visiting  military  and  civic  organizations}  the  honorable  Mayor, 
Marshal  of  the  Day  aud  aids,  the  representatives  of  the  Fire  Department,  the 
Confederate  Survivor?,  Schuetzen  Clubs,  and  to  all  individuals,  ladies  and  gentle- 
men, thanks  are  tendered  for  the  hearty  co-operation  which  rendered  that  day  the 
culmination  and  crowning  joy  of  our  highest  hopes. 

Tt»\Pre,-s,  which  la-  always  been  a  most  valuable  auxilliary  to  the  progress 
of  the  Jfcoeiatioujjivill  ever  be  remembered  and  honored  by  us  for  its  generous 
kindness  and  courWous  liberality  under  all  circumstances. 

The  Finance  Committee,  to  whose  management  we  are  materially  indebted 
for  the  successful  keeping  and  growth  of  the  monumental  funds;  to  the  Building 
Committee  and  other  aid  committees,  whose  untiring  attention  aud  energy  in  the 
progress  of  our  work  place  us  under  special  obligations;  to  each  and  all  helpers, 
who  have  stood  shoulder  to  shoulder  with  us  in  these  years  of  endeavor,  do  we 
extend  the  wish  thai  long  life  may  be  given  in  which  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  these 
labors,  and  whenever  our  memorial  cenotaph,  towering  so  grandly  conspicuous 
from  the  principal  street  of  our  beautiful  city,  shall  rise  to  view,  may  all  our 
hearts'  sentinels  cry  "  halt,"  while  in  the  deepest  and  most  sacred  recesses  of  our 
memories  may  tin  re  be  heard  echoing  and  re-echoing  the  injunction  of  the  distin- 
guished orator  at  the  dedication  of  this  Monument,  "Revere  it  as  the  mausolem 
of  the  good  and  great  Confederate  Dead." 

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